diff --git a/script-install-manual-scripts b/script-install-manual-scripts
index 35499f61..3661efc0 100755
--- a/script-install-manual-scripts
+++ b/script-install-manual-scripts
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ parent="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
 parent=${parent%/*}
 
 source="/home/bryan/shared/hartmanlab"
+original_dir="$PWD"
 
-[[ "$PWD" != "$source" ]] && pushd "$source" || exit $?
+[[ "$original_dir" != "$source" ]] && cd "$source" || exit $?
 
 [[ -f functions ]] && . functions || exit 1
 
@@ -32,4 +33,4 @@ for homedir in /home/*; do
 done
 
 
-popd || exit 0
+cd "$original_dir" || exit $?