diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index 3022d529..558881b0 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ then
     ./bats_to_sh.py $BATS_FILE | bash
    done
 else
-   bats bats
+   cd bats
+   bats
 fi