diff --git a/scripts/scripts/hyprland-slideshow.sh b/scripts/scripts/hyprland-slideshow.sh
index 3222751..22d0050 100755
--- a/scripts/scripts/hyprland-slideshow.sh
+++ b/scripts/scripts/hyprland-slideshow.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+##set working directory to location of this script
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
 PIDFILE=bg_slideshow.pid
 remove_pidfile()
 {