diff --git a/deploy/examples/docker-compose/down.sh b/deploy/examples/docker-compose/down.sh
index f97e089a4..84844db55 100755
--- a/deploy/examples/docker-compose/down.sh
+++ b/deploy/examples/docker-compose/down.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-script_dir=`dirname $0`
+script_dir=`dirname $0 | xargs realpath`
 cd $script_dir
 
 env_file="$script_dir/.env"
diff --git a/deploy/examples/docker-compose/up.sh b/deploy/examples/docker-compose/up.sh
index 9bef3675d..2e50fb3e5 100755
--- a/deploy/examples/docker-compose/up.sh
+++ b/deploy/examples/docker-compose/up.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-script_dir=`dirname $0`
+script_dir=`dirname $0 | xargs realpath`
 cd $script_dir
 
 env_file="$script_dir/.env"