diff --git a/searx-docker.service.template b/searx-docker.service.template
index 470454b..1107ed3 100644
--- a/searx-docker.service.template
+++ b/searx-docker.service.template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<[Unit]
+[Unit]
 Description=searx service
 Requires=docker.service
 After=docker.service
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ After=docker.service
 [Service]
 Restart=always
 
+Environment=SEARX_DIR=/usr/local/searx-docker
 Environment=SEARX_DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE=docker-compose.yaml
 
-WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/searx-docker
-
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "start.sh"
-ExecStop=/bin/sh -c "stop.sh"
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "${SEARX_DIR}/start.sh"
+ExecStop=/bin/sh -c "${SEARX_DIR}/stop.sh"
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index dbfecbf..73f1170 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+BASE_DIR="$(dirname -- "`readlink -f -- "$0"`")"
+cd -- "$BASE_DIR"
+
 . ./util.sh
 
 if grep -q "MORTY_KEY=RemplaceWithARealKey!" .env; then
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
index c11628b..3c18803 100755
--- a/stop.sh
+++ b/stop.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+BASE_DIR="$(dirname -- "`readlink -f -- "$0"`")"
+cd -- "$BASE_DIR"
+
 . ./util.sh
 
 $DOCKERCOMPOSE -f $DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE down -v
diff --git a/util.sh b/util.sh
index d208347..9cfd4d0 100644
--- a/util.sh
+++ b/util.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-BASE_DIR="$(dirname -- "`readlink -f -- "$0"`")"
-cd -- "$BASE_DIR"
 set -e
 
 DOCKERCOMPOSE=$(which docker-compose || echo "/usr/local/bin/docker-compose")