diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/start_tests.sh b/tools/docker-compose/start_tests.sh
index fd757a9e13..839c38fe1f 100755
--- a/tools/docker-compose/start_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/start_tests.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 set +x
+cd /awx_devel
 make clean
 cp -R /tmp/awx.egg-info /awx_devel/ || true
 sed -i "s/placeholder/$(cat /awx_devel/VERSION)/" /awx_devel/awx.egg-info/PKG-INFO
 cp /tmp/awx.egg-link /venv/awx/lib/python2.7/site-packages/awx.egg-link
 
-cd /awx_devel
 cp awx/settings/local_settings.py.docker_compose awx/settings/local_settings.py
-make test
\ No newline at end of file
+make test