diff --git a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/bootstrap.sh b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/bootstrap.sh
index f81477ff738..e9f41cba246 100755
--- a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/bootstrap.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ cd ./build
 cmake --build . --parallel --target grumpkin_srs_gen
 ./bin/grumpkin_srs_gen 8192
 echo "Generated Grumpkin SRS successfully"
+cd ../
 
 # Install wasi-sdk.
 ./scripts/install-wasi-sdk.sh