diff --git a/scripts/run_tests_unix.sh b/scripts/run_tests_unix.sh
index 136d1fd..1af6aeb 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tests_unix.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tests_unix.sh
@@ -27,12 +27,19 @@
 # Needs to be located in the folder containing the tests!!
 # Is copied automatically there when generating build files with cmake.
 
-DIR=.
+SCRIPT_LOCATION="$0"
+
+# case we have symlinks...
+while [ -h "$SCRIPT_LOCATION" ] ; do
+   SCRIPT_LOCATION=`readlink "$SCRIPT_LOCATION"`
+done
+
+DIR=`dirname "$SCRIPT_LOCATION"`
 
 TESTS="embb_base_c_test embb_base_cpp_test embb_mtapi_c_test \
-	embb_mtapi_cpp_test embb_algorithms_cpp_test \
-	embb_containers_cpp_test embb_dataflow_cpp_test"
+  embb_mtapi_cpp_test embb_algorithms_cpp_test \
+  embb_containers_cpp_test embb_dataflow_cpp_test"
 
 for TEST in $TESTS; do
-	$DIR/$TEST;
+  $DIR/$TEST;
 done