diff --git a/gui/raw_ui/ui_to_py.py b/gui/raw_ui/ui_to_py.py
index e666ff6..ac953c1 100644
--- a/gui/raw_ui/ui_to_py.py
+++ b/gui/raw_ui/ui_to_py.py
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 import os
 
+working_dir = os.getcwd()
+
+if not working_dir.split('/')[-1] == "raw_ui":  # cd into the right directory if this gets executed from somewhere else
+    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
 input_debug = input("Do you want to debug the gui scripts? (Make gui scripts executable.) (y/n): ")
 
 debug = input_debug == "y"