diff --git a/start_game_linux_aarch64.sh b/start_game_linux_aarch64.sh
index 0c54ed949..86d534e59 100755
--- a/start_game_linux_aarch64.sh
+++ b/start_game_linux_aarch64.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
+cd "${0%/*}"
 ./runtime-linux-aarch64/bin/java -Xms1G -Xmx6G -jar TerrarumBuild.jar
diff --git a/start_game_linux_x86_64.sh b/start_game_linux_x86_64.sh
index 4031e78e4..37f157079 100755
--- a/start_game_linux_x86_64.sh
+++ b/start_game_linux_x86_64.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
+cd "${0%/*}"
 ./runtime-linux-amd64/bin/java -Xms1G -Xmx6G -jar TerrarumBuild.jar
diff --git a/start_game_mac_aarch64.sh b/start_game_mac_aarch64.sh
index f4c2ee6d0..edf0bc78c 100755
--- a/start_game_mac_aarch64.sh
+++ b/start_game_mac_aarch64.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
+cd "${0%/*}"
 ./runtime-osx-aarch64/bin/java -Xms1G -Xmx6G -jar TerrarumBuild.jar
diff --git a/start_game_mac_x86_64.sh b/start_game_mac_x86_64.sh
index 7a90b64bf..fe920d3fc 100755
--- a/start_game_mac_x86_64.sh
+++ b/start_game_mac_x86_64.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
+cd "${0%/*}"
 ./runtime-osx-amd64/bin/java -Xms1G -Xmx6G -jar TerrarumBuild.jar
diff --git a/start_game_windows.bat b/start_game_windows.bat
index e22fd7851..369ceb86b 100755
--- a/start_game_windows.bat
+++ b/start_game_windows.bat
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+cd /D "%~dp0"
 runtime-windows-amd64\bin\java -Xms1G -Xmx6G -jar TerrarumBuild.jar