diff --git a/utils/travis/bootstrap-zm.sh b/utils/travis/bootstrap-zm.sh
index b01d1dfba..397a8f90e 100644
--- a/utils/travis/bootstrap-zm.sh
+++ b/utils/travis/bootstrap-zm.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ with_timestamps() {
 
 bootstrap_zm() {
 
-	cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
-
 	if [ "$ZM_BUILDMETHOD" = "autotools" ]; then libtoolize --force; fi
 	if [ "$ZM_BUILDMETHOD" = "autotools" ]; then aclocal; fi
 	if [ "$ZM_BUILDMETHOD" = "autotools" ]; then autoheader; fi
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ bootstrap_zm() {
 	mysql -uroot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS zm"
 	mysql -uroot -e "GRANT ALL ON zm.* TO 'zmuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'zmpass'";
 	mysql -uroot -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
-	mysql -uzmuser -pzmpass < db/zm_create.sql
+	mysql -uzmuser -pzmpass < ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/db/zm_create.sql
 
 }