diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 6156ad6..951806b 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ environment variables.
 # Run the server, with debug logging enabled
 export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=build/credentialsd-ui/data
 export RUST_LOG=credentialsd=debug,credentials_ui=debug
-./build/credentialsd/target/debug/credentialsd &
-./build/credentialsd-ui/target/debug/credentialsd-ui
+./build/credentialsd/src/credentialsd &
+./build/credentialsd-ui/src/credentialsd-ui
 ```
 
 ## Testing development builds with Firefox Web Add-On
diff --git a/credentialsd-ui/src/meson.build b/credentialsd-ui/src/meson.build
index ead5527..f6a0a44 100644
--- a/credentialsd-ui/src/meson.build
+++ b/credentialsd-ui/src/meson.build
@@ -50,13 +50,16 @@ custom_target(
   install_dir: bindir,
   depends: resources,
   command: [
+    'rm',
+    '-f', '@OUTPUT@',
+    '&&',
     'env',
     cargo_env,
     cargo,
     'build',
     cargo_options,
     '&&',
-    'cp',
+    'ln',
     cargo_target_dir / rust_profile / gui_executable_name,
     '@OUTPUT@',
   ],
diff --git a/credentialsd/src/meson.build b/credentialsd/src/meson.build
index d055076..374d0ef 100644
--- a/credentialsd/src/meson.build
+++ b/credentialsd/src/meson.build
@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ custom_target(
   install: true,
   install_dir: bindir,
   command: [
+    'rm',
+    '-f', '@OUTPUT@',
+    '&&',
     'env',
     cargo_env,
     cargo,
     'build',
     cargo_options,
     '&&',
-    'cp',
+    'ln',
     cargo_target_dir / rust_profile / backend_executable_name,
     '@OUTPUT@',
   ],