diff --git a/make-release-build b/make-release-build
index d72556a0..623e6b6f 100755
--- a/make-release-build
+++ b/make-release-build
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ else
     echo "skipping release ant.properties"
 fi
 
+cd $projectroot/orbotservice/src/main
 faketime "$TIMESTAMP" $ANDROID_NDK_HOME/ndk-build
+cd $projectroot
 
 #clean, build, clean and build!
 make -C external clean