diff --git a/update_containers.sh b/update_containers.sh
index 6e44ab1efde899189f6c8f8b171fa63b2ac4e900..33caf749c83270ce58d0b52a5867aa15cbb1b42c 100755
--- a/update_containers.sh
+++ b/update_containers.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ docker-compose $compose_files pull
 
 echo "building images"
 # build new images if neccessary
-cd build-mumble-web
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.production.yml build
-cd ../novnc
-docker-compose build 
-cd ..
+docker-compose -f build-mumble-web/docker-compose.production.yml build
+docker-compose -f novnc/docker-compose.yml build 
+