diff --git a/db/zm_update-1.26.5.sql b/db/zm_update-1.26.5.sql
index 01308aae4..7c70d85b7 100644
--- a/db/zm_update-1.26.5.sql
+++ b/db/zm_update-1.26.5.sql
@@ -5,5 +5,19 @@
 --
 -- Add AlarmRefBlendPerc field for controlling the reference image blend percent during alarm (see pull request #241)
 --
-ALTER TABLE `Monitors` ADD `AlarmRefBlendPerc` TINYINT(3) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '3' AFTER `RefBlendPerc`;
+
+SET @s = (SELECT IF(
+	(SELECT COUNT(*)
+	FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
+	WHERE table_name = 'Monitors'
+	AND table_schema = DATABASE()
+	AND column_name = 'AlarmRefBlendPerc'
+	) > 0,
+"SELECT 1",
+"ALTER TABLE `Monitors` ADD `AlarmRefBlendPerc` TINYINT(3) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '3' AFTER `RefBlendPerc`"
+));
+
+PREPARE stmt FROM @s;
+EXECUTE stmt;
+
 
diff --git a/distros/debian/postinst b/distros/debian/postinst
index 716c475e6..32e8d7a96 100644
--- a/distros/debian/postinst
+++ b/distros/debian/postinst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION=1.26.4
+VERSION=1.26.5
 
 if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
                 #
diff --git a/distros/debian/rules b/distros/debian/rules
index 3dea63174..3a6840e7f 100755
--- a/distros/debian/rules
+++ b/distros/debian/rules
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ override_dh_clean:
 
 override_dh_install:
 	# Add here commands to install the package into debian/zm.
-	$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder RUNDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/var/run ZM_RUNDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/var/run
+	$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder
 	install -D -m 0644 db/zm_create.sql		$(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/usr/share/zoneminder/db
 	install -D -m 0644 db/zm_update-*.sql $(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/usr/share/zoneminder/db
 	install -D -m 0644 debian/apache.conf  $(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/etc/zm