diff --git a/cli/core/core.go b/cli/core/core.go
index e513db66..db33ddf6 100644
--- a/cli/core/core.go
+++ b/cli/core/core.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 	// ConfigFilename is the name of the config file
 	ConfigFilename = "dnoterc"
 	// TmpContentFilename is the name of the temporary file that holds editor input
-	TmpContentFilename = "DNOTE_TMPCONTENT"
+	TmpContentFilename = "DNOTE_TMPCONTENT.md"
 )
 
 // RunEFunc is a function type of dnote commands
diff --git a/cli/install.sh b/cli/install.sh
index 9410eae4..e690d380 100755
--- a/cli/install.sh
+++ b/cli/install.sh
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ install_dnote() {
 
   if ! check_platform "$os" "$arch"; then
     print_error "System not supported: $os/$arch"
-    print_error "Please compile manually from https://github.com/dnote/dnote/cli"
+    print_error "Please compile manually from https://github.com/dnote/dnote"
     exit 1
   fi
 
@@ -149,21 +149,21 @@ install_dnote() {
 
   # get the latest version
   resp=$(http_get "https://api.github.com/repos/$owner/$repo/tags")
-  version=$(echo "$resp" | tr ',' '\n' | grep -m 1 "\"name\":" | cut -f4 -d'"')
+  version=$(echo "$resp" | tr ',' '\n' | grep -m 1 "\"name\": \"cli" | cut -f4 -d'"')
 
   if [ -z "$version" ]; then
     print_error "Error fetching latest version. Please try again."
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  # remove the preceding 'v'
-  version="${version#v}"
+  # remove the preceding 'cli-v'
+  version="${version#cli-v}"
 
   checksum=${binary}_${version}_checksums.txt
   filename=${binary}_${version}_${os}_${arch}
   tarball="${filename}.tar.gz"
-  binary_url="${github_download}/v${version}/${tarball}"
-  checksum_url="${github_download}/v${version}/${checksum}"
+  binary_url="${github_download}/cli-v${version}/${tarball}"
+  checksum_url="${github_download}/cli-v${version}/${checksum}"
 
   print_step "Latest release version is v$version."
 
@@ -188,8 +188,9 @@ install_dnote() {
 
 
 exit_error() {
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2181
   if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
-    print_error "A problem occurred while installing Dnote. Please report it on https://github.com/dnote/dnote/cli/issues so that we can help you."
+    print_error "A problem occurred while installing Dnote. Please report it on https://github.com/dnote/dnote/issues so that we can help you."
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/scripts/dev.sh b/cli/scripts/dev.sh
index cf7d794f..96bd040b 100755
--- a/cli/scripts/dev.sh
+++ b/cli/scripts/dev.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -eux
 
 # dev.sh builds a new binary and replaces the old one in the PATH with it
 
-sudo rm "$(which dnote)" $GOPATH/bin/cli
+sudo rm -rf "$(which dnote)" "$GOPATH/bin/cli"
 
 # change tags to darwin if on macos
-go install -ldflags "-X main.apiEndpoint=http://127.0.0.1:5000" --tags "linux fts5" .
+go install -ldflags "-X main.apiEndpoint=http://127.0.0.1:5000" --tags "linux fts5" "$GOPATH/src/github.com/dnote/dnote/cli/."
 
-sudo ln -s $GOPATH/bin/cli /usr/local/bin/dnote
+sudo ln -s "$GOPATH/bin/cli" /usr/local/bin/dnote
diff --git a/cli/scripts/release.sh b/cli/scripts/release.sh
index 3a4aa37c..160a5fa2 100755
--- a/cli/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/cli/scripts/release.sh
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ if ! command_exists hub; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ ! -d $homebrewRepoDir ]; then
+if [ ! -d "$homebrewRepoDir" ]; then
   echo "homebrew-dnote not found locally. did you clone it?"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 # 1. push tag
 version=$1
-version_tag="v$version"
+version_tag="cli-v$version"
 
 echo "* tagging and pushing the tag"
 git tag -a "$version_tag" -m "Release $version_tag"
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ hub release create \
 
 # 3. Release on Homebrew
 homebrew_sha256=$(shasum -a 256 "./build/dnote_${version}_darwin_amd64.tar.gz" | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
-(cd $homebrewRepoDir && ./release.sh "$version" "$homebrew_sha256")
+(cd "$homebrewRepoDir" && ./release.sh "$version" "$homebrew_sha256")