diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S72postgresql b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S72postgresql
index b0f38d04a4..b6b61b82ce 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S72postgresql
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S72postgresql
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ start() {
     chown -R ${USER} ${DB_DIR}
     touch ${LOG}
     chown ${USER} ${LOG}
+    cd ${DB_DIR}
     
     if [[ ! -f ${DB_DIR}/PG_VERSION ]]; then
 	    msg_begin "Initializing postgresql db"