diff --git a/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh b/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh
index 22ff9f364..1e0907fe5 100755
--- a/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh
+++ b/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ function setup_git_user {
 
 # change into the build directory
 BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
-GITLOG="./.git/gitcommand.log"
-pushd $BASEDIR
+GITLOG=./.git/gitcommand.log
+pushd $BASEDIR/..
 
 echo "*** [cargo] Setting up GitHub config for parity"
 setup_git_user