diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb81cc63..8d28ea48 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SHELL:=/bin/bash
 
 CURRENT_DIR=$(shell pwd)
 
-ORG?=numrproj
+ORG?=numaproj
 PROJECT?=numaflow
 BRANCH?=main
 
diff --git a/hack/protogen.sh b/hack/protogen.sh
index 7f70f412..687e0665 100755
--- a/hack/protogen.sh
+++ b/hack/protogen.sh
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ if [ "`command -v protoc-gen-go-grpc`" = "" ]; then
   go install -mod=vendor ./vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc
 fi
 
+mkdir -p ${REPO_ROOT}/dist
+
 ORG=${ORG:-numaproj}
 PROJECT=${PROJECT:-numaflow}
 BRANCH=${BRANCH:-main}
 
-mkdir -p ${REPO_ROOT}/dist
 REMOTE_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${ORG}/${PROJECT}/${BRANCH}/pkg/apis/proto"
+echo "REMOTE_URL: $REMOTE_URL"
 
 curl -Ls -o ${REPO_ROOT}/dist/map.proto ${REMOTE_URL}/map/v1/map.proto
 curl -Ls -o ${REPO_ROOT}/dist/reduce.proto ${REMOTE_URL}/reduce/v1/reduce.proto