diff --git a/scripts/check_chain_loads.sh b/scripts/check_chain_loads.sh
index 70f8c77705e..956b6626651 100755
--- a/scripts/check_chain_loads.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_chain_loads.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 USAGES_FILE="$(mktemp)"
 
+# Make sure we're at the source of the repo.
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.."
+
 grep -R '\<\(create_chain\|load_chain\|load_active_chain\)\>' linera-* > "$USAGES_FILE"
 
 # linera-storage contains the implementation of the methods
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-validator.sh b/scripts/deploy-validator.sh
index b5e47a4cbea..c5fee2dc2ef 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-validator.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-validator.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Make sure we're at the source of the repo.
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.."
+
 # Function to check if a command exists
 command_exists() {
     command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -51,8 +54,6 @@ GENESIS_URL="https://storage.googleapis.com/linera-io-dev-public/$FORMATTED_BRAN
 VALIDATOR_CONFIG="docker/validator-config.toml"
 GENESIS_CONFIG="docker/genesis.json"
 
-cd ..
-
 echo "Building Linera binaries"
 cargo install --locked --path linera-service