diff --git a/tests/tcpdump/test_script.sh b/tests/tcpdump/test_script.sh
index 458f3407abfe3ff5ef73feda02733e5465e1738a..0b4a7b38eea77de22331ae67475a417760979eb3 100755
--- a/tests/tcpdump/test_script.sh
+++ b/tests/tcpdump/test_script.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/bash 
 
-TEST_LIB="$(dirname "$(realpath $0)")/../manual_test_lib.sh"
+set -x
+
+TEST_DIR=$PEASOUP_HOME/tests/tcpdump
+TEST_LIB="$TEST_DIR/../manual_test_lib.sh"
+
+echo "TEST_DIR: $TEST_DIR"
 
 #used for filtering program names from output.
 ORIG_NAME=tcpdump
 
-chmod -R og+rwx "$(dirname "$(realpath $0)")/tcpd_tests"
+ls -lt  | grep tcpd_tests
+chmod -R og+rwx "$TEST_DIR/tcpd_tests"
+ls -lt "$TEST_DIR/tcpd_tests/*.pcap"
 
 #must import the library here, as it depends on some of the above variables
 . $TEST_LIB
 
 DELETE_FILTER="stonesoup|gcc|lib|DUMMY|exec|python|tcpdump"
 
-TEST_DIR=$PEASOUP_HOME/tests/tcpdump
-
 # debugging
 echo
 echo "STRACE $1"