diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/unbound/check.sh b/src/opnsense/scripts/unbound/check.sh
index 2ca40ee70..79a0b2e3e 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/unbound/check.sh
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/unbound/check.sh
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
+cd /var/unbound/
 /usr/local/sbin/unbound-checkconf /var/unbound/unbound.conf 2>&1 | \
     sed -e 's/^unbound-checkconf:[[:space:]]//g'