diff --git a/electrum-env b/electrum-env
index c05b2d1ab..1c2e6a4e3 100755
--- a/electrum-env
+++ b/electrum-env
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 PYTHON_VER="$(python3 -c 'import sys; print(sys.version[:3])')"
 
+cd $(dirname $0)
 if [ -e ./env/bin/activate ]; then
     source ./env/bin/activate
 else