diff --git a/contrib/make_nightly_build b/contrib/make_nightly_build
index 4cfa6d4..e2e8e4d 100755
--- a/contrib/make_nightly_build
+++ b/contrib/make_nightly_build
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ git log "${last_nightly_version}..HEAD" --pretty="format:neurocyte/$APPNAME@%h %
 echo
 echo running tests...
 
-./zig build test
+zig build test
 
 echo building...
 
-./zig build -Dall_targets --release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
+zig build -Dall_targets --release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
 
 VERSION=$(/bin/cat "$DESTDIR/build/version")
 
diff --git a/contrib/make_release b/contrib/make_release
index 7f09533..46e7481 100755
--- a/contrib/make_release
+++ b/contrib/make_release
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ fi
 
 echo running tests...
 
-./zig build test
+zig build test
 
 echo building...
 
-./zig build -Dall_targets --release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
+zig build -Dall_targets --release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
 
 cd "$DESTDIR/build"