diff --git a/makedist.sh b/makedist.sh
index 2a1e419..e68d320 100644
--- a/makedist.sh
+++ b/makedist.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 make -C tools clean
 DATESTRING=$(date +%Y)$(date +%m)$(date +%d)
 chmod +x build-devkit.sh
-tar --exclude=*CVS* --exclude=*.log --exclude=*.bz2 -cvjf buildscripts-$DATESTRING.tar.bz2 *
+cd .. && tar --exclude=*CVS* --exclude=*.log --exclude=*.bz2 -cvjf buildscripts-$DATESTRING.tar.bz2 buildscripts