diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 968f8a54..3be1dd02 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ cleanlist:
 	@git clean -dnx ${ROOT_CLEAN_IGNORES}
 
 # Tell make which of these targets don't represent files.
-.PHONY: list prereqs prereqs-clean assets assets-cmake assests-win \
+.PHONY: list prereqs prereqs-clean assets assets-cmake assets-win \
   assets-mac assets-ios assets-android assets-clean \
   resources resources-clean code code-clean\
   clean cleanlist
diff --git a/tools/snippets b/tools/snippets
index 8373fa38..eaa11385 100755
--- a/tools/snippets
+++ b/tools/snippets
@@ -359,10 +359,11 @@ def check_clean_safety() -> None:
 
     # Then also make sure there are no untracked changes to core files
     # (since we may be blowing core away here).
-    status = os.system(
-        os.path.join(str(PROJROOT), 'tools', 'spinoff') + ' cleancheck')
-    if status != 0:
-        sys.exit(255)
+    spinoff_bin = os.path.join(str(PROJROOT), 'tools', 'spinoff')
+    if os.path.exists(spinoff_bin):
+        status = os.system(spinoff_bin + ' cleancheck')
+        if status != 0:
+            sys.exit(255)
 
 
 def get_master_asset_src_dir() -> None: