diff --git a/scripts-new/lib/path.sh b/scripts-new/lib/path.sh
index dc97b195f..1902c1849 100644
--- a/scripts-new/lib/path.sh
+++ b/scripts-new/lib/path.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-OPENIM_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
+local OPENIM_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${OPENIM_ROOT}/lib/util.sh"