diff --git a/searchsploit b/searchsploit
index 9caea67e9..ecc48b1f0 100755
--- a/searchsploit
+++ b/searchsploit
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function usage()
   echo " * Use any number of search terms, in any order."
   echo " * Search terms are not case sensitive, and order is irrelevant."
   echo "   * Use '-c' if you wish to reduce results by case-sensitive searching."
-  echo "* Use '-t' to exclude the file's path to filter the search results."
+  echo " * Use '-t' to exclude the file's path to filter the search results."
   echo "   * Could possibly remove false positives (especially when searching numbers)."
   echo " * When updating from git or displaying help, search terms will be ignored."
   echo ""
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ function usage()
 ## Update database (via GIT)
 function update()
 {
+  mkdir -p "${gitpath}/"
   cd "${gitpath}/"
 
   # Make sure a git repo is init before updating
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ for param in "$@"; do
       shift
       continue
     fi
-    TAGS="${TAGS} ${param}"
+    TAGS="${TAGS} ${param//\`/_}"
   fi
 done