diff --git a/build_io.sh b/build_io.sh
index e937c65625c76d647e1cf52a24097591b8c0f638..52e1d37562d9a257db8bb3fc5e69f8e2d746967b 100755
--- a/build_io.sh
+++ b/build_io.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mkdir OpenFPM_IO/src/config
 git clone git@ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de:incardon/openfpm_devices.git OpenFPM_devices
 git clone git@ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de:incardon/openfpm_data.git OpenFPM_data
 
-cd "$1/OpenFPM_data"
+cd "$1/OpenFPM_IO"
 
 sh ./autogen.sh
 if [ "$2" == "master" ]