diff --git a/scripts/docker-testnet/build.sh b/scripts/docker-testnet/build.sh
index 22babc04c84..0b038e17e4b 100755
--- a/scripts/docker-testnet/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-testnet/build.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 
 set -eux
 
-pushd ../..
+export DOCKERTESTNETDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+MULTIVERSXTESTNETSCRIPTSDIR="$(dirname "$DOCKERTESTNETDIR")/testnet"
+
+source "$DOCKERTESTNETDIR/variables.sh"
+
+cd ${MULTIVERSXDIR}
 
 docker build -f docker/seednode/Dockerfile . -t seednode:dev
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker-testnet/start.sh b/scripts/docker-testnet/start.sh
index 1bf10af1840..f68e49d62d4 100755
--- a/scripts/docker-testnet/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-testnet/start.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 set -eux
 
-file_path="./tmp/stopped_containers"
+export DOCKERTESTNETDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+file_path="${DOCKERTESTNETDIR}/tmp/stopped_containers"
 
 # Check if the file exists
 if [ ! -f "$file_path" ]; then
@@ -15,4 +17,4 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
     docker start $line
 done < "$file_path"
 
-rmdir ./tmp
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+rm -rf "${DOCKERTESTNETDIR}/tmp"
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diff --git a/scripts/docker-testnet/stop.sh b/scripts/docker-testnet/stop.sh
index 89486f82044..6c5054570dc 100755
--- a/scripts/docker-testnet/stop.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-testnet/stop.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ source "$MULTIVERSXTESTNETSCRIPTSDIR/variables.sh"
 # Get the IDs of containers attached to the network
 export CONTAINER_IDS=$(docker network inspect -f '{{range $k, $v := .Containers}}{{printf "%s\n" $k}}{{end}}' "$DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME")
 
-mkdir -p ./tmp
+mkdir -p "$MULTIVERSXTESTNETSCRIPTSDIR/tmp"
 
 # Stop each container
 echo "Stopping containers..."
 for CONTAINER_ID in $CONTAINER_IDS; do
     docker stop "$CONTAINER_ID"
-    echo "$CONTAINER_ID" >> ./tmp/stopped_containers
+    echo "$CONTAINER_ID" >> "$MULTIVERSXTESTNETSCRIPTSDIR/tmp/stopped_containers"
 done
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