diff --git a/kcidev/subcommands/bisect.py b/kcidev/subcommands/bisect.py
index 0545b99..9951397 100644
--- a/kcidev/subcommands/bisect.py
+++ b/kcidev/subcommands/bisect.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ def init_bisect(repo, state):
         kci_log("---")
         kci_log(results.stdout)
 
+    os.chdir(olddir)
     return repo.head.commit.hexsha