diff --git a/deployment/hetzner_cloud/README.md b/deployment/hetzner_cloud/README.md
index fbad7ace6..9f0bb94e6 100644
--- a/deployment/hetzner_cloud/README.md
+++ b/deployment/hetzner_cloud/README.md
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ All your following installations in `install.sh` will fail!*
 #### Create `.env` and set values
 
 ```bash
-cd ~/gradido/deployment
-cp ./bare_metal/.env.dist ./hetzner_cloud/.env
-cd hetzner_cloud/
+cd ~/gradido/deployment/bare_metal
+cp .env.dist .env
 nano .env
+
 # adjust values accordingly
 ```
 
@@ -105,5 +105,6 @@ Don't use this script if you have custom config in /etc/nginx/conf.d, because th
 will remove it and ln ../bare_metal/nginx/conf.d
 
 ```bash
+cd ~/gradido/deployment/hetzner_cloud
 sudo chmod +x ./install.sh
 sudo ./install.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/hetzner_cloud/install.sh b/deployment/hetzner_cloud/install.sh
index 64f6240ec..538386bf0 100644
--- a/deployment/hetzner_cloud/install.sh
+++ b/deployment/hetzner_cloud/install.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ set +o allexport
 # the services and will therefore take precedence over the .env
 if [ -f "./.env" ]; then
     set -o allexport
-    source ./.env
+    source $SCRIPT_DIR/.env
     set +o allexport
 else
     set -o allexport