diff --git a/home-manager/home-manager b/home-manager/home-manager
index b5639be26..0a89057c7 100644
--- a/home-manager/home-manager
+++ b/home-manager/home-manager
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ function doBuild() {
         return 1
     fi
 
+    setWorkDir
+
     local newsInfo
     newsInfo=$(buildNews)