diff --git a/cicd/devnet/start-local-devnet.sh b/cicd/devnet/start-local-devnet.sh
index 1611ee0eff..ca52cfaa50 100755
--- a/cicd/devnet/start-local-devnet.sh
+++ b/cicd/devnet/start-local-devnet.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ then
   echo "${private_key}" >> ./tmp/key
   echo "Creating a new wallet"
   wallet=$(../../build/bin/XDC account import --password ./tmp/.pwd --datadir ./tmp/xdcchain ./tmp/key | awk -v FS="({|})" '{print $2}')
-  ../../build/bin/XDC --datadir /tmp/xdcchain init ./genesis.json
+  ../../build/bin/XDC --datadir ./tmp/xdcchain init ./genesis.json
 else
   echo "Wallet already exist, re-use the same one. If you have changed the private key, please manually inspect the key if matches. Otherwise, delete the 'tmp' directory and start again!"
-  wallet=$(../../build/bin/XDC account list --datadir /tmp/xdcchain | head -n 1 | awk -v FS="({|})" '{print $2}')
+  wallet=$(../../build/bin/XDC account list --datadir ./tmp/xdcchain | head -n 1 | awk -v FS="({|})" '{print $2}')
 fi
 
 input="./bootnodes.list"