diff --git a/resources/templates/conf/autoload_configs/lua.conf.xml b/resources/templates/conf/autoload_configs/lua.conf.xml
index 0758bb6762..a5d861e812 100644
--- a/resources/templates/conf/autoload_configs/lua.conf.xml
+++ b/resources/templates/conf/autoload_configs/lua.conf.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     These entries will be pre-pended to the LUA_PATH environment variable
     -->
     <!-- <param name="script-directory" value="/usr/local/lua/?.lua"/> -->
-    <param name="script-directory" value="$${base_dir}/scripts/?.lua"/>
+    <param name="script-directory" value="$${script_dir}/scripts/?.lua"/>
 
     <param name="xml-handler-script" value="app.lua xml_handler"/>
     <param name="xml-handler-bindings" value="configuration,dialplan,directory"/>