diff --git a/tools/pull_locales.rb b/tools/pull_locales.rb
index 967cee9b..23ff1225 100644
--- a/tools/pull_locales.rb
+++ b/tools/pull_locales.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ project = transifex.project(project_slug)
 project.languages.each do |language|
 	code = language.language_code
 	puts "Getting locale #{code}"
-	dir_name = "_locales/#{code}"
+	dir_name = "../_locales/#{code}"
 	Dir.mkdir(dir_name) if !Dir.exist?(dir_name)
 	has_content = false
 	project.resources.each do |resource|
diff --git a/tools/pull_locales_postprocess.py b/tools/pull_locales_postprocess.py
index d9d0b43a..a4cdb6c2 100644
--- a/tools/pull_locales_postprocess.py
+++ b/tools/pull_locales_postprocess.py
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 import io, os, json, re
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-with io.open('/_locales/en/messages.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with io.open('../_locales/en/messages.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     items = json.load(f).items()
     english = [(k, v['message']) for k, v in items if 'message' in v]
     english_placeholders = [(k, v['placeholders']) for k,v in items
                             if 'placeholders' in v]
 
-for locale_name in os.listdir('_locales'):
+for locale_name in os.listdir('../_locales'):
     if locale_name == 'en':
         continue
     if not re.match(r'^\w{2}(_\w{2,3})?$', locale_name):
         print('Skipped %s: not a locale dir' % locale_name)
         continue
-    loc_path = '/_locales/' + locale_name + '/messages.json'
+    loc_path = '../_locales/' + locale_name + '/messages.json'
     with io.open(loc_path, 'r+', encoding='utf-8') as f:
         loc = json.load(f, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)