diff --git a/patching/scripts/create-tarballs.sh b/patching/scripts/create-tarballs.sh
index 97191aec..522c8f61 100755
--- a/patching/scripts/create-tarballs.sh
+++ b/patching/scripts/create-tarballs.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
 
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+echo $DIR
+
+(
+cd $DIR/..
+
 shopt -s nullglob
 
 mkdir -p tarballs
@@ -22,3 +29,5 @@ do
     rm -rf tmp
     )
 done
+
+)