diff --git a/create-db b/create-db
index ce40b4a..75f6f4f 100755
--- a/create-db
+++ b/create-db
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ psql -d "$database" -f "$root_path"/sql/pgsnapshot_schema_0.6.sql
 psql -d "$database" -f "$root_path"/sql/pgsnapshot_schema_0.6_bbox.sql
 
 if [ ! -f ".databases" ]; then
-	touch .databases
+	touch "$root_path"/.databases
 fi
 
-echo "$database" >> .databases
+echo "$database" >> "$root_path"/.databases
diff --git a/delete-db b/delete-db
index c613316..c9d459c 100755
--- a/delete-db
+++ b/delete-db
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
+root_path="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
+
 first=1
 while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]
 do
@@ -44,4 +46,4 @@ esac
 done
 
 psql --dbname="postgres" -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS \"$database\""
-sed -ri "s/^$key$//" .databases
+sed -ri "s/^$key$//" "$root_path"/.databases