diff --git a/qt/i18n/update-pot b/qt/i18n/update-pot
index f2e7fdb6e..1425c0427 100755
--- a/qt/i18n/update-pot
+++ b/qt/i18n/update-pot
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@
 # update translation files
 #
 
+
+topDir=$(dirname $0)/../..
+cd $topDir
+
 all=all.files
 echo "Updating anki.pot..."
-for i in ../../pylib/anki/{*.py,importing/*.py,template/*.py}; do
+for i in pylib/anki/{*.py,importing/*.py,template/*.py}; do
     echo $i >> $all
 done
-for i in ../aqt/{*.py,forms/*.py}; do
+for i in qt/aqt/{*.py,forms/*.py}; do
     echo $i >> $all
 done
 
-xgettext -cT: -s --no-wrap --files-from=$all --output=anki.pot
+xgettext -cT: -s --no-wrap --files-from=$all --output=qt/i18n/anki.pot
 rm $all