diff --git a/setup_symlinks.sh b/setup_symlinks.sh
index 8f373bc..2be38d6 100755
--- a/setup_symlinks.sh
+++ b/setup_symlinks.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 # check if the files exist, and remove.
 
+# get path where all files live.
+repo_path=`dirname $(readlink -f $0)`
+
 if [ -f ~/.zshrc ]; then
     rm -f ~/.zshrc
 fi
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ if [ -f ~/.vimrc ]; then
     rm -f ~/.vimrc
 fi
 
-ln -s $(pwd)/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
-ln -s $(pwd)/.p10k.zsh ~/.p10k.zsh
-ln -s $(pwd)/.aliases ~/.aliases
-ln -s $(pwd)/.vimrc ~/.vimrc
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+ln -s $repo_path/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
+ln -s $repo_path/.p10k.zsh ~/.p10k.zsh
+ln -s $repo_path/.aliases ~/.aliases
+ln -s $repo_path/.vimrc ~/.vimrc
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