diff --git a/scripts/build/place-binary.sh b/scripts/build/place-binary.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b80caa452..1d77d4307
--- a/scripts/build/place-binary.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/place-binary.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symli
   [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
 done
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
-REPOROOT="$( cd -P "$DIR/../.." && pwd )"
+REPOROOT="$( cd -P "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd )"
 
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/../_common.sh"