diff --git a/heptc b/heptc
index 135c205..79ffe74 100755
--- a/heptc
+++ b/heptc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ STATUS=0
 
 RUN_DIR="`pwd`"
 
-SCRIPT_DIR=`dirname $(readlink -f $0)`
+SCRIPT_DIR=`dirname $(python -c "import os, sys; print os.path.realpath(\"$0\")")`
 
 COMPILER_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/compiler"
 COMPILER=heptc.byte