diff --git a/gitlab2github_sync.fish b/gitlab2github_sync.fish
index 476921829fea4ae8ec70029e9156588861c896c1..f88fe35730a30bce438212a58c619c73c065cf56 100755
--- a/gitlab2github_sync.fish
+++ b/gitlab2github_sync.fish
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ function do_namespace_copy
     end
 end
 
+set workdir (pwd)
 for ns in $gitlab_namespace_src
+    cd $workdir
     do_namespace_copy $ns
 end