diff --git a/dev/dbus-start.sh b/dev/dbus-start.sh
index e94a174..79f6267 100755
--- a/dev/dbus-start.sh
+++ b/dev/dbus-start.sh
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
 DBUS_VERBOSE=1 sudo dbus-daemon --config-file=dbusconf.conf --nofork
diff --git a/dev/gui-start.sh b/dev/gui-start.sh
index cab81ea..52b4f47 100755
--- a/dev/gui-start.sh
+++ b/dev/gui-start.sh
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
 DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS='unix:path=/tmp/tuxclocker-dbus-socket' ../inst/bin/tuxclocker-qt
diff --git a/dev/tuxclockerd-start.sh b/dev/tuxclockerd-start.sh
index c04db39..9e8e236 100755
--- a/dev/tuxclockerd-start.sh
+++ b/dev/tuxclockerd-start.sh
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
 DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/tmp/tuxclocker-dbus-socket sudo -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../inst/lib ../inst/bin/tuxclockerd