diff --git a/stanford-corenlp/templates/stanford-corenlp.upstart.j2 b/stanford-corenlp/templates/stanford-corenlp.upstart.j2
index f2f34aac..15dd1495 100644
--- a/stanford-corenlp/templates/stanford-corenlp.upstart.j2
+++ b/stanford-corenlp/templates/stanford-corenlp.upstart.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ respawn
 respawn limit 10 5
 setuid {{ stanford_corenlp_user }}
 setgid {{ stanford_corenlp_user }}
+chdir {{ stanford_corenlp_dist_dir }}
 
 script
-  exec cd {{ stanford_corenlp_dist_dir }} {{ stanford_corenlp_cmd }}  > {{ stanford_corenlp_log_dir }}/corenlp.log 2>&1
+  exec {{ stanford_corenlp_cmd }}  > {{ stanford_corenlp_log_dir }}/corenlp.log 2>&1
 end script
diff --git a/stanford-corenlp/templates/tint.upstart.j2 b/stanford-corenlp/templates/tint.upstart.j2
index 48798252..2c21ae55 100644
--- a/stanford-corenlp/templates/tint.upstart.j2
+++ b/stanford-corenlp/templates/tint.upstart.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ respawn
 respawn limit 10 5
 setuid {{ stanford_corenlp_user }}
 setgid {{ stanford_corenlp_user }}
+chdir {{ stanford_corenlp_dist_dir }}/tint
 
 script
-  exec cd {{ stanford_corenlp_dist_dir }}/tint {{ tint_service_cmd }}  > {{ stanford_corenlp_log_dir }}/tint.log 2>&1
+  exec {{ tint_service_cmd }}  > {{ stanford_corenlp_log_dir }}/tint.log 2>&1
 end script