diff --git a/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/run-benchmark.sh b/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/run-benchmark.sh
index 7f555c55d51d817a17d0c6a69c68a1d8218deeae..537fdad0d3d8fba05fbedd2729422e85afb05e3e 100755
--- a/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/run-benchmark.sh
+++ b/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/run-benchmark.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export RESULT_FILE="${BASE_DIR}/results-kieker/results-text.csv"
 COLLECTED_DATA_FILE="${BASE_DIR}/results.csv"
 BENCHMARK="${BASE_DIR}/benchmark.sh"
 
+##
+cd ${BASE_DIR}
+
 ## setup
 # install benchmark
 tar -xvpf ${BASE_DIR}/../../../benchmark/build/distributions/benchmark.tar