diff --git a/ci/spellcheck.sh b/ci/spellcheck.sh
index 980e635e..ac5351ec 100755
--- a/ci/spellcheck.sh
+++ b/ci/spellcheck.sh
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ aspell --version
 
 shopt -s nullglob
 
-dict_filename=./dictionary.txt
+dict_filename=./ci/dictionary.txt
 markdown_sources=(./src/*.md)
 mode="check"
 
 # aspell repeatedly modifies personal dictionary for some purpose,
 # so we should use a copy of our dictionary
-dict_path="/tmp/$dict_filename"
+dict_path="/tmp/dictionary.txt"
 
 if [[ "$1" == "list" ]]; then
     mode="list"