diff --git a/bin/misp-modules b/bin/misp-modules
index d25d7dd..011d767 100755
--- a/bin/misp-modules
+++ b/bin/misp-modules
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class QueryModule(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if os.path.dirname(__file__) is '.':
+    if os.path.dirname(__file__) in ['.', '']:
         os.chdir('../')
     argParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='misp-modules server')
     argParser.add_argument('-t', default=False, action='store_true', help='Test mode')