diff --git a/release/Linux/scripts/figtree b/release/Linux/scripts/figtree
index 6dd9b68..4aa9161 100755
--- a/release/Linux/scripts/figtree
+++ b/release/Linux/scripts/figtree
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
-java -Xms64m -Xmx512m -jar lib/figtree.jar "$@"
+FIGTREEPATH=`realpath $0 | sed 's/figtree$/\.\.\/\.\.\/\.\.\//'`
+java -Xms64m -Xmx512m -jar ${FIGTREEPATH}dist/figtree.jar "$@"