diff --git a/packages/ponylang/0.39.0/build.sh b/packages/ponylang/0.39.0/build.sh
index b308638..ec93a10 100755
--- a/packages/ponylang/0.39.0/build.sh
+++ b/packages/ponylang/0.39.0/build.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 PREFIX=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
 
-cd ponyc
-
 # get sources - only get the latest copy of the relevant files
 git clone -q https://github.com/ponylang/ponyc.git ponyc
+
+cd ponyc
+
 # release commit for 0.39.0
 git reset --hard 85d897b978c5082a1f3264a3a9ad479446d73984
 
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ make build
 make prefix="$PREFIX" install
 
 cd ..
-rm -rf ponyc
\ No newline at end of file
+rm -rf ponyc