diff --git a/scripts/languagelist_updater.sh b/scripts/languagelist_updater.sh
index 3e70924cd..dcbebb1b9 100644
--- a/scripts/languagelist_updater.sh
+++ b/scripts/languagelist_updater.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-THISDIR=.
+THISDIR=`dirname $0`
 LANGFILE=$THISDIR/../app/src/main/assets/language_list.txt
 
-rm $LANGFILE
-cd $THISDIR/../app/src/main/res
-ls | grep "values-" > $LANGFILE
+rm -f $LANGFILE
+echo $THISDIR/../app/src/main/res/values-* | xargs -- basename -a > $LANGFILE