diff --git a/Languages/update-translated-strings.sh b/Languages/update-translated-strings.sh
index 26cf4c2328..7183627aae 100755
--- a/Languages/update-translated-strings.sh
+++ b/Languages/update-translated-strings.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 # script before committing changes to the .po files, otherwise the .po
 # files might get modified the next time you try to build using cmake.
 
+cd ${0/update-translated-strings.sh/}/..
 POTFILE=./Languages/po/dolphin-emu.pot
 find ./Languages/po -name '*.po' -exec msgmerge --quiet --update --backup=none -s {} $POTFILE \;