diff --git a/scripts/build-moogli b/scripts/build-moogli
index 3227f8fe8d7517ad0644b225acd7d80884ff8a1e..7ff3dd78ccf5a85622672d566c294672da568a6b 100755
--- a/scripts/build-moogli
+++ b/scripts/build-moogli
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-(cd moogli; make build)
+(cd ../moogli; make build)
 local_site_package_directory=`python -c "import site; print site.getusersitepackages()"`
 mkdir -p "$local_site_package_directory"
 echo $(echo `pwd` | sed "s/\/[^\/]*$//")'/moogli' > "$local_site_package_directory/moogli.pth"
diff --git a/scripts/build-moose-core b/scripts/build-moose-core
index e6e9a2cd9eb3d666bdd05446e54a34f68fdacf59..2125f43ddfd4ca4e6c863297d298ead787357826 100755
--- a/scripts/build-moose-core
+++ b/scripts/build-moose-core
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-(cd moose-core; make clean; make USE_SBML=1)
+(cd ../moose-core; make clean; make USE_SBML=1)
 local_site_package_directory=`python -c "import site; print site.getusersitepackages()"`
 mkdir -p "$local_site_package_directory"
 echo $(echo `pwd` | sed "s/\/[^\/]*$//")'/moose-core/python' > "$local_site_package_directory/moose.pth"