diff --git a/quad/executable.mk b/quad/executable.mk
index 9a5cce878ecb1e0cc55d209dc6acf3c7ec2e6396..0f5f6435227675076c41ae9cdafe964c1bdec8f6 100644
--- a/quad/executable.mk
+++ b/quad/executable.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ CLEANUP = $(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
 default: $(TARGET)
 
 run: $(TARGET)
-	cd $(EXEDIR) && ./$(NAME)
+	$(EXEDIR)/$(NAME)
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(CLEANUP)