diff --git a/debrepo b/debrepo
index 8aa3fbd..3a1a71c 100755
--- a/debrepo
+++ b/debrepo
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 VERSION="0.1.0"
-DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)" # location of debrepo source path
+#DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)" # location of debrepo source path
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(readlink -f "$0")
+DIR=$(dirname "$SCRIPT_PATH")
 
 # set vars
 index=1
diff --git a/scripts/genPkgRel.sh b/scripts/genPkgRel.sh
index 2e608f8..5e3a416 100755
--- a/scripts/genPkgRel.sh
+++ b/scripts/genPkgRel.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+#DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(readlink -f "$0")
+DIR=$(dirname "$SCRIPT_PATH")
 LS="$(which ls)" # this prevents bugs when aliasing ls to tools like exa
 REPODIR="$1"
 ARCHS="$($LS -l $REPODIR/apt-repo/dists/stable/main/ | awk '{print $9}' | awk NF | awk -F - '{print $2}')"