diff --git a/mswin32/license-format/licformat.sh b/mswin32/license-format/licformat.sh
index ef9ffec6a..f5436ff1f 100755
--- a/mswin32/license-format/licformat.sh
+++ b/mswin32/license-format/licformat.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sed -f ./license-format/licsed_1 $1 | tr '\n' ' '| awk 'NR==1{printf("\n%s", $0) }' |
+script_dir=`dirname $0`
+
+sed -f $script_dir/licsed_1 $1 | tr '\n' ' '| awk 'NR==1{printf("\n%s", $0) }' |
 
 awk '{for (i=1&&j=2; i <= NF; i++&&j++) if($i=="SDFGHJdblnewline"){printf("\n\n")}
 else if($i=="oSDFGHbullet"){printf(" \no ")}
@@ -9,4 +11,4 @@ else if($i=="author" && $j=="Gnomovision"){printf("author\n")}
 else if($i=="1989" && $j== "Ty"){printf("1989\n")}
 else{printf("%s ",$i)}}' |
 
-sed -f ./license-format/licsed_2
+sed -f $script_dir/licsed_2