diff --git a/bin/wg-addpeer b/bin/wg-addpeer
index 015f014..6abd652 100755
--- a/bin/wg-addpeer
+++ b/bin/wg-addpeer
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ if [[ $# -lt 1 || $# -gt 1 ]]; then
 fi
 dest="$1"
 
-. ../ssh/ssh-persist $dest
+# script expects ssh-persist to be either in the same directory, or in the path
+cd $(dirname $0)
+. ssh-persist $dest
 
 # gather host info
 host_name=$(hostname)