diff --git a/src/Misc/layoutroot/run-helper.sh.template b/src/Misc/layoutroot/run-helper.sh.template
index ef54bd516..7334ec981 100755
--- a/src/Misc/layoutroot/run-helper.sh.template
+++ b/src/Misc/layoutroot/run-helper.sh.template
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@ safe_sleep() {
     fi
 }
 
-bin/Runner.Listener run $*
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
+    DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+    SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+    [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
+done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+"$DIR"/bin/Runner.Listener run $*
+
 returnCode=$?
 if [[ $returnCode == 0 ]]; then
     echo "Runner listener exit with 0 return code, stop the service, no retry needed."
diff --git a/src/Misc/layoutroot/run.sh b/src/Misc/layoutroot/run.sh
index 580ab934f..f53bae5f0 100755
--- a/src/Misc/layoutroot/run.sh
+++ b/src/Misc/layoutroot/run.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symli
     [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
 done
 DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
-cp -f run-helper.sh.template run-helper.sh
+cp -f "$DIR"/run-helper.sh.template "$DIR"/run-helper.sh
 # run the helper process which keep the listener alive
 while :;
 do