diff --git a/tools/openpilot_env.sh b/tools/openpilot_env.sh
index 81ae00d64d..3412c32d68 100755
--- a/tools/openpilot_env.sh
+++ b/tools/openpilot_env.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 if [ -z "$OPENPILOT_ENV" ]; then
-  export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/openpilot:$PYTHONPATH"
+  OP_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/.. && pwd)"
+  export PYTHONPATH="$OP_ROOT:$PYTHONPATH"
   export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
 
   # Pyenv suggests we place the below two lines in .profile before we source