Index: scripts/bacula-ctl-fd.in
--- scripts/bacula-ctl-fd.in.orig
+++ scripts/bacula-ctl-fd.in
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ case "$1" in
    start)
       [ -x ${BACFDBIN}/bacula-fd ] && {
 	 echo "Starting the $Bacula File daemon"
+	 cd ${SUBSYSDIR}
 	 OPTIONS=''
 	 if [ "${FD_USER}" != '' ]; then
 	    OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} -u ${FD_USER}"