diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index 8e4250bb379654c32fa9c4fc59948c77fe7d0fc4..0227ca6388e2ddfc7d4d5569cd5705f3b1517f0a 100644
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 echo "Running configure.sh" >&2
 
 # substitute template values
-cat /shibboleth2_template.xml \
+cat ./shibboleth2_template.xml \
     | sed -e "s/{{SPEntityID}}/$(echo ${SPEntityID} | sed -e 's/[]\/$*.^[]/\\&/g')/g" \
     | sed -e "s/{{IDPEntityID}}/$(echo ${IDPEntityID} | sed -e 's/[]\/$*.^[]/\\&/g')/g" \
      > /etc/shibboleth/shibboleth2.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ create_xml_user_category_rules () {
 
 USER_CATEGORY_ALLOW_LIST=$(create_xml_user_category_rules "$USER_CATEGORY_ALLOW_RENDERER") 
 # renderer access rules template fill
-cat /pass_accessrules_template.xml \
+cat ./pass_accessrules_template.xml \
    | sed -e "s/{{USER_CATEGORY_ALLOW_LIST}}/$(echo ${USER_CATEGORY_ALLOW_LIST} | sed -e 's/[]\/$*.^[]/\\&/g')/g" \
     > /etc/shibboleth/pass-ac.xml
 
 # cache access rules template fill
 USER_CATEGORY_ALLOW_LIST=$(create_xml_user_category_rules "$USER_CATEGORY_ALLOW_CACHE") 
-cat /pass_accessrules_template.xml \
+cat ./pass_accessrules_template.xml \
   | sed -e "s/{{USER_CATEGORY_ALLOW_LIST}}/$(echo ${USER_CATEGORY_ALLOW_LIST} | sed -e 's/[]\/$*.^[]/\\&/g')/g" \
     > /etc/shibboleth/pass-ac-cache.xml
diff --git a/run-shibboleth.sh b/run-shibboleth.sh
index eb92c7deecfef4b56d333890149c9c2bce322c2a..3fe555f44ebb63dcdc49531b6d1baaf26f439a2f 100644
--- a/run-shibboleth.sh
+++ b/run-shibboleth.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-/configure.sh >&2
+./configure.sh >&2
 
 #### Copied over from the source Dockerfile ####