diff --git a/bin/create_cmakelists.py b/bin/create_cmakelists.py
index 3f4a026af136225f100e65f94aa16ef15bc64da7..8c8c0149f4df12afc7b65dc8e4dd02f40cb8d257 100755
--- a/bin/create_cmakelists.py
+++ b/bin/create_cmakelists.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def createCMakeLists():
 
     # default to the dumux folder (relative path to the location of this script)
     if args["folder"] is None:
-        rootDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/../../dumux"
+        rootDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/../dumux"
     else:
         rootDir = args["folder"]