diff --git a/suites/hg/scheduling/setup-base-dir b/suites/hg/scheduling/setup-base-dir
index 7533c95ffda5350922ca11ea44d591f944757ea4_c3VpdGVzL2hnL3NjaGVkdWxpbmcvc2V0dXAtYmFzZS1kaXI=..13749bd2d308c053e2d5a14f2c995f9ec5be5c4b_c3VpdGVzL2hnL3NjaGVkdWxpbmcvc2V0dXAtYmFzZS1kaXI= 100755
--- a/suites/hg/scheduling/setup-base-dir
+++ b/suites/hg/scheduling/setup-base-dir
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 USAGE = "USAGE: %s ROOTPATH" % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
 
-POULPE_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent
+POULPE_DIR = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.parent.parent.parent
 
 RESULT_DIR = "results"
 BIN_ENV_DIR = "bin-envs"