diff --git a/scripts/start_dev_server.sh b/scripts/start_dev_server.sh
index 8e1506d01a05c5e4134ca6957b517a058868e773..1a5dcb119ffba1602a7e07d298f8a51e8cbe0cad 100755
--- a/scripts/start_dev_server.sh
+++ b/scripts/start_dev_server.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -ex
 
+CURRENT_DIR=`pwd`
+
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR/../frontend
@@ -8,5 +10,5 @@ cd $SCRIPT_DIR/../frontend
 
 export PYTHON_PATH=$PYTHON_PATH:"$SCRIPT_DIR/.."
 
-cd $SCRIPT_DIR/../visualdl/server
-python visualDL "$@"
+cd $CURRENT_DIR
+python ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../visualdl/server/visualDL "$@"