diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index 4e86d16b4..0fa0bd2b8 100644
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
 elif sys.version_info[0] == 3:
 	import urllib.request
 	url_lib = urllib.request
-match = re.search("(.*?)/[^/]*?$", sys.argv[0])
+match = re.search('(.*)/', sys.argv[0])
 if match != None:
-	os.chdir(os.getcwd() + "/" + match.group(1))
+	os.chdir(match.group(1))
 
 url_bam = "http://github.com/matricks/bam/zipball/master"
 url_teeworlds = "http://github.com/oy/teeworlds/zipball/master"
diff --git a/scripts/copyright.py b/scripts/copyright.py
index 29e1bbfef..fade0b139 100755
--- a/scripts/copyright.py
+++ b/scripts/copyright.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os, re, sys
-match = re.search("(.*?)/[^/]*?$", sys.argv[0])
+match = re.search('(.*)/', sys.argv[0])
 if match != None:
-	os.chdir(os.getcwd() + "/" + match.group(1))
+	os.chdir(match.group(1))
 
 notice = [b"/* (c) Magnus Auvinen. See licence.txt in the root of the distribution for more information. */\n", b"/* If you are missing that file, acquire a complete release at teeworlds.com.                */\n"]
 exclude = ["../src%sengine%sexternal" % (os.sep, os.sep), "../src%sosxlaunch" % os.sep]
diff --git a/scripts/make_release.py b/scripts/make_release.py
index f9ff9e943..b056bc4ed 100644
--- a/scripts/make_release.py
+++ b/scripts/make_release.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import shutil, os, sys, zipfile
+import shutil, os, re, sys, zipfile
+match = re.search('(.*)/', sys.argv[0])
+if match != None:
+	os.chdir(match.group(1))
 
 #valid_platforms = ["win32", "linux86", "linux86_64", "src"]