diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/util/check-spelling-changes.sh b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/util/check-spelling-changes.sh
index 20bee3e7b6619020887063ad11fcb3b2df12e0ae..9f8cefb63e9cf7ad1c27209ddb95ca2bca54ca9b 100755
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/util/check-spelling-changes.sh
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/util/check-spelling-changes.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ set -euo pipefail
 scriptpath=${BASH_SOURCE[0]}
 basedir=`dirname "$scriptpath"`
 basedir=`dirname "$basedir"`
-wordlistfile="./$basedir/wordlist.aspell"
+wordlistfile=$basedir/wordlist.aspell
 
 echo "scriptpath: $scriptpath"
 echo "basedir: $basedir"
 echo "wordlistfile: $wordlistfile"
+wordlistfile=$(realpath $wordlistfile)
+echo "wordlistfile: $wordlistfile"
 
 function getNumberOfAspellOutputLines(){
   cat - | aspell -p "$wordlistfile" --ignore 2 -l en_US list --mode=markdown | sort -u | wc -l