diff --git a/contrib/AppRun b/contrib/AppRun
index cf7e431..465dfa6 100755
--- a/contrib/AppRun
+++ b/contrib/AppRun
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ DIR="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")"
 export GTK_PATH="$DIR/usr/lib/gtk-2.0"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DIR/usr/lib64"
 export PATH="$DIR/usr/bin:$PATH"
+cd "$DIR" || exit 1
 exec "$DIR/usr/bin/qpxtool" "$@"