diff --git a/DOCKER/docker.sh b/DOCKER/docker.sh
index baa4f2816..b488912c9 100755
--- a/DOCKER/docker.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/docker.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@
 
 # don't build if you're impatient
 if [[ ! $NO_BUILD ]]; then
-	if [ `basename $(pwd)` = DOCKER ]; then
-		docker build -t mint -f Dockerfile ..
-	else
-		# cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint
-		docker build -t mint -f DOCKER/Dockerfile .
-	fi
+	cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint
+	docker build -t mint -f DOCKER/Dockerfile .
 fi
 
 # create the data-only container 
diff --git a/DOCKER/run.sh b/DOCKER/run.sh
index 4e7e36031..ed9ac4ff8 100755
--- a/DOCKER/run.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/run.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ if [[ $BARAK_SEED ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$FAST_SYNC" = "true" ]; then
-	./build/tendermint node --fast_sync
+	tendermint node --fast_sync
 else 
-	./build/tendermint node
+	tendermint node
 fi