diff --git a/binary_installer/install.bat.in b/binary_installer/install.bat.in
index e8a3ea0c8d..d2c8b49096 100644
--- a/binary_installer/install.bat.in
+++ b/binary_installer/install.bat.in
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 
 @rem This enables a user to install this project without manually installing git or Python
 
-PUSHD %~dp0
+@rem change to the script's directory
+PUSHD "%~dp0"
 
 set "no_cache_dir=--no-cache-dir"
 if "%1" == "use-cache" (
diff --git a/source_installer/install.bat.in b/source_installer/install.bat.in
index 7f443b8351..ad05668e32 100644
--- a/source_installer/install.bat.in
+++ b/source_installer/install.bat.in
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 @rem This enables a user to install this project without manually installing conda and git.
 
+@rem change to the script's directory
+PUSHD "%~dp0"
+
 echo "InvokeAI source installer..."
 echo ""
 echo "Some of the installation steps take a long time to run. Please be patient."