diff --git a/scripts/basop_check_for_changes_in_testcases.py b/scripts/basop_check_for_changes_in_testcases.py
index c7c2e0f785bea960b559b756fd429790a6c541b1..b47f0d6cc2f4f94b399ce7ecfb69bd1f77e05924 100644
--- a/scripts/basop_check_for_changes_in_testcases.py
+++ b/scripts/basop_check_for_changes_in_testcases.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_argument(
         "--inject_cwd",
         help="Use this as cwd when pruning the long paths in the command lines. Debug option for testing.",
-        default=pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.absolute(),
+        default=pathlib.Path(os.getcwd()).absolute(),
         type=pathlib.Path,
     )