diff --git a/searchsploit b/searchsploit
index cef096e83..a75063ae2 100755
--- a/searchsploit
+++ b/searchsploit
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 
 ## OS settings (get the path of where the script is stored + database file)
-gitpath="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+gitpath="$( cd "$( dirname "$(realpath ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})" )" && pwd)"
 csvpath="${gitpath}/files.csv"