diff --git a/bin/pfastq-dump b/bin/pfastq-dump
index 97d7525..5ce05ef 100644
--- a/bin/pfastq-dump
+++ b/bin/pfastq-dump
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 set -e
 
 # pfastq-dump version
-VERSION="0.1.2"
+VERSION="0.1.3"
 
 # default arguments
-TMPDIR="$( cd $( dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} ) && pwd )"
-OUTDIR="${TMPDIR}"
+TMPDIR="$( pwd -P )"
+OUTDIR="$( pwd -P )"
 NTHREADS=1
 
 # functions for version and help
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ check_binary_location(){
 check_binary_location "sra-stat"
 check_binary_location "fastq-dump"
 
+echo "tmpdir: ${TMPDIR}"
+echo "outdir: ${OUTDIR}"
+
 if [[ ! -z "${SRAID}" ]]; then
   spot_count=`calc_spot_count "${SRAID}"`
   parallel_fastq_dump "${SRAID}" "${spot_count}"