diff --git a/beos/makefile b/beos/makefile
index 6759e5f59..63a57d787 100644
--- a/beos/makefile
+++ b/beos/makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ ifeq ($(wildcard /boot/develop/headers/be/bone/arpa/inet.h),)
 else
      LIBS = be bind socket tracker transmission Prefs
 endif
-
+ifneq ($(wildcard /boot/beos/system/lib/libzeta.so),)
+	LIBS += zeta
+endif
 #	specify additional paths to directories following the standard
 #	libXXX.so or libXXX.a naming scheme.  You can specify full paths
 #	or paths relative to the makefile.  The paths included may not
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 51ef287c3..4aab4a6e0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ case $SYSTEM in
 	
     RELEASE=`uname -r`
     case $RELEASE in
-      6.0|5.0.4) # Zeta or R5 / BONE beta 7
+      6.0*|5.0.4) # Zeta or R5 / BONE beta 7
         SYSTEM="$SYSTEM / BONE"
         LINKLIBS="$LINKLIBS -lbind -lsocket"
         ;;
diff --git a/libtransmission/platform.c b/libtransmission/platform.c
index d3e8f03bf..a41f97471 100644
--- a/libtransmission/platform.c
+++ b/libtransmission/platform.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ char * tr_getPrefsDirectory()
 void tr_threadCreate( tr_thread_t * t, void (*func)(void *), void * arg )
 {
 #ifdef SYS_BEOS
-    *t = spawn_thread( (void *) func, "torrent-tx", arg );
+    *t = spawn_thread( (void *) func, "torrent-tx", B_NORMAL_PRIORITY, arg );
     resume_thread( *t );
 #else
     pthread_create( t, NULL, (void *) func, arg );