diff --git a/kothd b/kothd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index fa52c06..ffad247
--- a/kothd
+++ b/kothd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 cd ${1:-$(dirname $0)}
-KOTH_BASE=$(cwd)
+KOTH_BASE=$(pwd)
 
 echo "Running koth instances in $KOTH_BASE"