diff --git a/status/fodtest_netconf_get b/status/fodtest_netconf_get
index 9b0c89bb08e1f719c9e596225f219ebcbfe56af7..dbdfa949dd345cb8d4fc2a09d27f685783e2ba6c 100755
--- a/status/fodtest_netconf_get
+++ b/status/fodtest_netconf_get
@@ -50,7 +50,13 @@ unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK
 
 ##
 
-. ./venv/bin/activate
+#. ./venv/bin/activate
+mydir="$(dirname "$0")"
+cd -P "$mydir/../"
+
+pwd
+
+. "./venv/bin/activate"
 
 ##