diff --git a/cron-jobs/ftpdir-cleanup b/cron-jobs/ftpdir-cleanup
index 62a2903..548b839 100755
--- a/cron-jobs/ftpdir-cleanup
+++ b/cron-jobs/ftpdir-cleanup
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. "$(dirname "$0")/../config"
-. "$(dirname "$0")/../db-functions"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/../config"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/../db-functions"
 
 clean_pkg() {
 	local pkg
diff --git a/cron-jobs/integrity-check b/cron-jobs/integrity-check
index 17153c7..904dfc1 100755
--- a/cron-jobs/integrity-check
+++ b/cron-jobs/integrity-check
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-dirname="$(dirname "$0")"
+dirname="$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")"
 
 . "${dirname}/../config"
 . "${dirname}/../db-functions"
diff --git a/cron-jobs/update-web-db b/cron-jobs/update-web-db
index 87e8bb0..39ed765 100755
--- a/cron-jobs/update-web-db
+++ b/cron-jobs/update-web-db
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. "$(dirname "$0")/../config"
-. "$(dirname "$0")/../db-functions"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/../config"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/../db-functions"
 
 # setup paths
 SPATH="/srv/http/archweb"
diff --git a/db-move b/db-move
index ab05d57..8308cb5 100755
--- a/db-move
+++ b/db-move
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. "$(dirname "$0")/config"
-. "$(dirname "$0")/db-functions"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/config"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/db-functions"
 
 if (( $# < 3 )); then
 	msg "usage: %s <repo-from> <repo-to> <pkgname|pkgbase> ..." "${0##*/}"
diff --git a/db-remove b/db-remove
index bf19d6a..87f41bc 100755
--- a/db-remove
+++ b/db-remove
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. "$(dirname "$0")/config"
-. "$(dirname "$0")/db-functions"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/config"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/db-functions"
 
 if (( $# < 3 )); then
 	msg "usage: %s <repo> <arch> <pkgname|pkgbase> ..." "${0##*/}"
diff --git a/db-repo-add b/db-repo-add
index 7e68221..3ee3528 100755
--- a/db-repo-add
+++ b/db-repo-add
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. "$(dirname "$0")/config"
-. "$(dirname "$0")/db-functions"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/config"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/db-functions"
 
 if (( $# < 3 )); then
 	msg "usage: %s <repo> <arch> <pkgfile> ..." "${0##*/}"
diff --git a/db-repo-remove b/db-repo-remove
index 87f01f8..a0b8c1c 100755
--- a/db-repo-remove
+++ b/db-repo-remove
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. "$(dirname "$0")/config"
-. "$(dirname "$0")/db-functions"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/config"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/db-functions"
 
 if (( $# < 3 )); then
 	msg "usage: %s <repo> <arch> <pkgname> ..." "${0##*/}"
diff --git a/db-update b/db-update
index 2898b1c..c7018c7 100755
--- a/db-update
+++ b/db-update
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. "$(dirname "$0")/config"
-. "$(dirname "$0")/db-functions"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/config"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/db-functions"
 
 if (( $# >= 1 )); then
 	warning "Calling %s with a specific repository is no longer supported" "${0##*/}"
diff --git a/testing2x b/testing2x
index 606c003..d2cc9fc 100755
--- a/testing2x
+++ b/testing2x
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. "$(dirname "$0")/config"
-. "$(dirname "$0")/db-functions"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/config"
+. "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/db-functions"
 
 if (( $# < 1 )); then
 	msg "usage: %s <pkgname|pkgbase> ..." "${0##*/}"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for repo in  "${STABLE_REPOS[@]}"; do
 		repo_unlock "${repo}" "${pkgarch}"
 	done
 	if [[ -n ${pkgs[${repo}]} ]]; then
-		"$(dirname "$0")/db-move" "${TESTING_REPO}" "${repo}" ${pkgs[${repo}]}
+		"$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")/db-move" "${TESTING_REPO}" "${repo}" ${pkgs[${repo}]}
 	fi
 done