diff --git a/generate-deploy-ops-stages.sh b/generate-deploy-ops-stages.sh
index cebad55816b8c1c37421478e5a6a560a3c1872a3..18e564f5e68583c600724845c494862de504f365 100644
--- a/generate-deploy-ops-stages.sh
+++ b/generate-deploy-ops-stages.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 set -ex
+basedir=$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )
 touch deploy.yml
 echo "Running CI for ${TAG}"
 if [[ ! -z "${TAG}" ]]; then