diff --git a/scripts/geodata/i18n/numex.py b/scripts/geodata/i18n/numex.py
index 5cdc6f4f..32feb280 100644
--- a/scripts/geodata/i18n/numex.py
+++ b/scripts/geodata/i18n/numex.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 import ujson as json
 
 this_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-sys.path.append(os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.pardir, os.pardir)))
+sys.path.append(os.path.realpath(os.path.join(this_dir, os.pardir, os.pardir)))
 
 from geodata.encoding import safe_encode
 from unicode_paths import DATA_DIR