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