diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
index a4009e2075..3cde19d870 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.1.6
+- update to transmission-2.71
+
 2.1.5
 - update to transmission-2.61
 - update libevent to libevent-2.0.19-stable
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
index 806b0a1364..a2e18a8332 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="transmission"
-PKG_VERSION="2.61"
-PKG_REV="5"
+PKG_VERSION="2.71"
+PKG_REV="6"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.transmissionbt.com/"
diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_installstick.bat b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_installstick.bat
index aaa72e1293..ce7ac2043d 100644
--- a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_installstick.bat
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_installstick.bat
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@ exit /B
 
 :gotPrivileges
 if exist "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" ( del "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" )
-pushd "%CD%"      
-CD /D "%~dp0"
+pushd "%~dp0"
 
 :HashCheck
-3rdparty\md5sum\md5sum.exe -c "%CD%\target\SYSTEM.md5"
+".\3rdparty\md5sum\md5sum.exe" -c ".\target\SYSTEM.md5"
 IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO BadMD5
-3rdparty\md5sum\md5sum.exe -c "%CD%\target\KERNEL.md5"
+".\3rdparty\md5sum\md5sum.exe" -c ".\target\KERNEL.md5"
 IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO BadMD5
 
 :InstallOE
@@ -164,6 +163,7 @@ ECHO.
 ECHO.
 ECHO.
 
+popd
 SET DRIVE=
 SET DRIVEUUID=
-PAUSE
+PAUSE
\ No newline at end of file