diff --git a/release/create_casync_build.sh b/release/create_casync_build.sh
index d41909a6ab..a851123556 100755
--- a/release/create_casync_build.sh
+++ b/release/create_casync_build.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BUILD_DIR="${BUILD_DIR:=$(mktemp -d)}"
 
 echo "Creating casync release from $SOURCE_DIR to $CASYNC_DIR"
 
+cd $SOURCE_DIR
 mkdir -p $CASYNC_DIR
 rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
 mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR