diff --git a/src/gismo/gismo b/src/gismo/gismo
index a083a83..ef13a28 100644
--- a/src/gismo/gismo
+++ b/src/gismo/gismo
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-cd ../
+path="`dirname \"$0\"`"              # relative
+path="`( cd \"$path\" && pwd)`"  # absolutized and normalized
+
+cd "$path/../"
 
 if [[ $1 == "-dev" ]]; then
     export GISMO_ENVIRONMENT=development