diff --git a/deploy-static b/deploy-static
index 6075b7f..bce36cb 100755
--- a/deploy-static
+++ b/deploy-static
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ mkdir -p "$dst_dir" "$tmp_dir"
 
 echo "[[ Deploy ]]  Cloning repository at '$repo_dir' into '$tmp_dir'."
 git clone "$repo_dir" "$tmp_dir"
+cd "$tmp_dir" || exit
 
 if [ ! -d dist/ ]; then
     echo "[[ Deploy ]]  FATAL ERROR: 'dist' directory was not created."