diff --git a/cicd/verify-permissions.py b/cicd/verify-permissions.py
index d6ad50c..966a9da 100755
--- a/cicd/verify-permissions.py
+++ b/cicd/verify-permissions.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import errno
 from glob import glob
+import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ except ImportError:
     print('Please install the "requests" package via pip3.')
     exit(errno.ENOPKG)
 
+# Change working directory to the location of this script
+# This fixes relative path references when calling this script from
+# outside of the directory containing it
+os.chdir(sys.path[0])
+
 # Definitions for privileged permissions
 ANDROID_MANIFEST_XML = \
         'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LineageOS/android_frameworks_base/lineage-19.0/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml'