diff --git a/src/hushd b/src/hushd
index ec57d46e3..046dbaddb 100755
--- a/src/hushd
+++ b/src/hushd
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Hush developers
 
 # set working directory to the location of this script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$( readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" )" && pwd )"
+# readlink -f does not always exist
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+cd $DIR
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$( readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" )" && pwd )"
 cd $DIR
 
 NAME=HUSH3