diff --git a/debian/resources/switch/package-permissions.sh b/debian/resources/switch/package-permissions.sh
index 0ecf211..68555ac 100755
--- a/debian/resources/switch/package-permissions.sh
+++ b/debian/resources/switch/package-permissions.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#move to script directory so all relative paths work
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+#includes
+. ../config.sh
+. ../environment.sh
+
 #default permissions
 chown -R www-data:www-data /etc/freeswitch
 chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/freeswitch