diff --git a/translationRunner.js b/translationRunner.js
index 26f3b2214..63c8022be 100644
--- a/translationRunner.js
+++ b/translationRunner.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const { default: manageTranslations, readMessageFiles } = require('react-intl-tr
 
 const RFC5646_REGEXP = /^[a-z]{2,3}(?:-(?:x|[A-Za-z]{2,4}))*$/;
 
-const rootDirectory = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
+const rootDirectory = path.resolve(__dirname);
 const translationsDirectory = path.resolve(rootDirectory, 'app', 'soapbox', 'locales');
 const messagesDirectory = path.resolve(rootDirectory, 'build', 'messages');
 const availableLanguages = fs.readdirSync(translationsDirectory).reduce((languages, filename) => {