diff --git a/linguas.sh b/linguas.sh
index b95ad4f7d..45cdf2ac1 100755
--- a/linguas.sh
+++ b/linguas.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+SDIR=$(realpath -e "$0")
+SDIR=${SDIR%/*}
+
+cd "$SDIR"
+
 rsync -Lrtvz translationproject.org::tp/latest/grub/ po
 
 autogenerated="en@quot en@hebrew de@hebrew en@cyrillic en@greek en@arabic en@piglatin de_CH"