diff --git a/sparrow b/sparrow
index 632ef8c5..91440732 100755
--- a/sparrow
+++ b/sparrow
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
+cd `dirname $0`
 args="$*"
 args="${args%"${args##*[![:space:]]}"}"