diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index d43aa6f99..17911d848 100644
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ elif sys.version_info[0] == 3:
 match = re.search('(.*)/', sys.argv[0])
 if match != None:
 	os.chdir(match.group(1))
+os.chdir('../')
 
 url_bam = "http://github.com/matricks/bam/zipball/master"
 url_teeworlds = "http://github.com/oy/teeworlds/zipball/master"
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ else:
 print("%s-%s-%s" % (name, version_teeworlds, platform))
 
 root_dir = os.getcwd() + os.sep
-work_dir = root_dir + "work"
+work_dir = root_dir + "scripts/work"
 
 def fetch_file(url):
 	try:
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ def bail(reason):
 
 def clean():
 	print("*** cleaning ***")
-	try: shutil.rmtree("work")
+	try: shutil.rmtree(work_dir)
 	except: pass
 
 def file_exists(file):
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ if flag_clean:
 	clean()
 
 # make dir
-try: os.mkdir("work")
+try: os.mkdir(work_dir)
 except: pass
 
 # change dir
diff --git a/scripts/copyright.py b/scripts/copyright.py
index fade0b139..269ac7a3d 100755
--- a/scripts/copyright.py
+++ b/scripts/copyright.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import os, re, sys
 match = re.search('(.*)/', sys.argv[0])
 if match != None:
 	os.chdir(match.group(1))
+os.chdir('../')
 
 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]
+exclude = ["src%sengine%sexternal" % (os.sep, os.sep), "src%sosxlaunch" % os.sep]
 updated_files = 0
 
 def fix_copyright_notice(filename):
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def fix_copyright_notice(filename):
 	updated_files += 1
 
 skip = False
-for root, dirs, files in os.walk("../src"):
+for root, dirs, files in os.walk("src"):
 	for excluding in exclude:
 		if root[:len(excluding)] == excluding:
 			skip = True
diff --git a/scripts/update_localization.py b/scripts/update_localization.py
index bb80d8b2e..08c1866e2 100644
--- a/scripts/update_localization.py
+++ b/scripts/update_localization.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os, re, sys
 match = re.search('(.*)/', sys.argv[0])
 if match != None:
 	os.chdir(match.group(1))
+os.chdir('../')
 
 source_exts = [".c", ".cpp", ".h"]
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ def parse_source():
 			stringtable[fields[0]] = ""
 			process_line(fields[1])
 
-	for root, dirs, files in os.walk("../src"):
+	for root, dirs, files in os.walk("src"):
 		for name in files:
 			filename = os.path.join(root, name)
 			
@@ -80,11 +81,11 @@ srctable = parse_source()
 
 print("%-40s %8s %8s %8s" % ("filename", "total", "new", "old"))
 
-for filename in os.listdir("../data/languages"):
+for filename in os.listdir("data/languages"):
 	if not ".txt" in filename:
 		continue
 	if filename == "index.txt":
 		continue
 
-	filename = "../data/languages/" + filename
+	filename = "data/languages/" + filename
 	generate_languagefile(filename, srctable, load_languagefile(filename))