diff --git a/src/warden-server/sh/update.sh b/src/warden-server/sh/update.sh
index 19d7932c25a32a39380cda41dbc639e8d464b996..5beed6700c3583ca71d9b256868cbbe9e77400e4 100755
--- a/src/warden-server/sh/update.sh
+++ b/src/warden-server/sh/update.sh
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ paramsChck
 err="/tmp/warden-err"
 backup="/tmp/warden-server-backup"
 hostname=$(hostname -f || echo "unspecified.server")
-dirname=${0%/*}/..
+dirname=${0%/*}
 doc="${basedir}/doc"
 etc="${basedir}/etc"
 server_conf="${etc}/warden-server.conf"