diff --git a/resources/install/linux/run.sh b/resources/install/linux/run.sh
index ef3e9ffb2c..94f8906948 100755
--- a/resources/install/linux/run.sh
+++ b/resources/install/linux/run.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mkdir -p $HOME/.sip-communicator/log
+cd `dirname $0`
 
 export PATH=$PATH:native
 export JAVA_HOME=jre