diff --git a/run_fpdb.bat b/run_fpdb.bat
index 4bd815b9..98cfefb3 100755
--- a/run_fpdb.bat
+++ b/run_fpdb.bat
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ rem  .bat script to run fpdb
 
 cd pyfpdb
 
-start /b fpdb.exe >fpdb_output.txt
+start /b fpdb.exe >..\fpdb_output.txt