diff --git a/deploy/datacite-publisher/crontab b/deploy/datacite-publisher/crontab
index 4cbf9943..894378a4 100644
--- a/deploy/datacite-publisher/crontab
+++ b/deploy/datacite-publisher/crontab
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*/DATACITE_PUBLISH_JOB_INTERVAL * * * * /usr/local/bin/python -m odp.publish.datacite >/tmp/stdout 2>&1
+*/DATACITE_PUBLISH_JOB_INTERVAL * * * * cd /srv/Open-Data-Platform && /usr/local/bin/python -m odp.publish.datacite >/tmp/stdout 2>&1
diff --git a/deploy/odp-publisher/crontab b/deploy/odp-publisher/crontab
index e7f9c973..e781bf6c 100644
--- a/deploy/odp-publisher/crontab
+++ b/deploy/odp-publisher/crontab
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*/ODP_PUBLISH_JOB_INTERVAL * * * * /usr/local/bin/python -m odp.publish.main >/tmp/stdout 2>&1
+*/ODP_PUBLISH_JOB_INTERVAL * * * * cd /srv/Open-Data-Platform && /usr/local/bin/python -m odp.publish.main >/tmp/stdout 2>&1