diff --git a/githubActions/cleanup.js b/githubActions/cleanup.js
index bbf3ed2f..bb2c2c6c 100755
--- a/githubActions/cleanup.js
+++ b/githubActions/cleanup.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 const child_process = require('child_process');
+const path = require('path');
 
 child_process.execFileSync(
   'just', ['nuke'],
-  { stdio: 'inherit' }
+  {
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
+  }
 );
diff --git a/githubActions/main.js b/githubActions/main.js
index 337485a1..e4b5690a 100755
--- a/githubActions/main.js
+++ b/githubActions/main.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 const child_process = require('child_process');
+const path = require('path');
 
 const CONTAINER_ENGINE = process.env.INPUT_ENGINE;
 const JUST_COMMAND = process.env.INPUT_COMMAND;
 
 const script = `
 set -x
-cd ${__dirname}/..
 just prefer ${CONTAINER_ENGINE}
 
 # start-up is being retried as a workaround for
@@ -28,5 +28,10 @@ fi
 exit $rc
 `;
 
-child_process.execFileSync('bash', ['-c', script], { stdio: 'inherit' });
+child_process.execFileSync('bash', ['-c', script],
+  {
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
+  }
+);