diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-trusty-5.12.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-trusty-5.12.yml
index 43a5bb79d..281c135af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-trusty-5.12.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-trusty-5.12.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ jobs:
       id: version_number
       if: github.event_name == 'push'
       run: |
-        bash scripts/get-atomic-buildnr.sh ${{ github.sha }} ${{ secrets.NIGHTLY_BUILDS }} "CICD-release"
+        bash -x ./scripts/get-atomic-buildnr.sh ${{ github.sha }} ${{ secrets.NIGHTLY_BUILDS }} "CICD-release"
+        echo "in yml we have PWD $(pwd)"
+        ls -l release-version
+        cat release-version
         version=$(<release-version)
+        echo "version=$version"
         echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: store dummy version and build number for pull request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index f5a7f9cfd..d5b7046d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ jobs:
       if: github.event_name == 'push'
       run: |
         bash scripts/get-atomic-buildnr.sh ${{ github.sha }} ${{ secrets.NIGHTLY_BUILDS }} "CICD-release"
+        echo "in yml we have PWD $(pwd)"
+        ls -l release-version
+        cat release-version
         version=$(<release-version)
+        echo "version=$version"
         echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-
     - name: store dummy version and build number for pull request
       if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
       run: |
diff --git a/scripts/get-atomic-buildnr.sh b/scripts/get-atomic-buildnr.sh
index bce45fb21..bdb93742e 100644
--- a/scripts/get-atomic-buildnr.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-atomic-buildnr.sh
@@ -11,16 +11,21 @@
 # checkout the nightly-builds repo in parallel to the main repo
 # the clone followed by the pointless push should verify that the password is stored in the config
 # that way the script doesn't need the password
-cd ..
+SCRIPT_SOURCE=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
+PARENT_DIR=$(cd "$SCRIPT_SOURCE"/../.. && pwd)
 url="https://subsurface:$2@github.com/subsurface/nightly-builds"
+cd "$PARENT_DIR"
 git clone -b main https://github.com/subsurface/nightly-builds
 cd nightly-builds
 git remote set-url origin "$url"
 git push origin main
 echo "build number prior to get-or-create was $(<latest-subsurface-buildnumber)"
-cd ..
+cd "$PARENT_DIR"
 bash -x subsurface/scripts/get-or-create-build-nr.sh "$1"
 echo "build number after get-or-create is $(<nightly-builds/latest-subsurface-buildnumber)"
-cp nightly-builds/latest-subsurface-buildnumber subsurface
+cp nightly-builds/latest-subsurface-buildnumber subsurface/
 [[ -n $3 ]] && echo "$3" > subsurface/latest-subsurface-buildnumber-extension
 bash subsurface/scripts/get-version > subsurface/release-version
+echo "$PARENT_DIR"
+ls -l "$PARENT_DIR"/subsurface/release-version
+cat "$PARENT_DIR"/subsurface/release-version