diff --git a/scripts/clientappctl b/scripts/clientappctl
index 1a72a6f6..4800c223 100755
--- a/scripts/clientappctl
+++ b/scripts/clientappctl
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ utils_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir))
 temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 build_dir = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'build')
 staging_dir = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'staging')
-working_dir = working_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+working_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 src_path = os.path.join(working_dir, 'src')
 CONFIG_JSON = os.path.join(working_dir, 'config.json')