diff --git a/home/bin/deboco b/home/bin/deboco
index e284197..b53cf8b 100755
--- a/home/bin/deboco
+++ b/home/bin/deboco
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ controller__check_integrity()
 deboco__init()
 {
 	local debops_controller_path="$1"
+
+	debops_controller_path=$(realpath $debops_controller_path)
 	log 'info' "creating debobs controller in $debops_controller_path"
 	if [ "$debops_controller_path" = '' ]
 	then
@@ -314,6 +316,7 @@ deboco__init()
 deboco__update()
 {
 	local debops_controller_path="$1"
+	debops_controller_path=$(realpath $debops_controller_path)
 	log 'info' "updating debobs controller in $debops_controller_path"
 
 	controller__check_integrity "$debops_controller_path"
@@ -357,6 +360,7 @@ deboco__configure_machine()
 {
 	local debops_controller_path="$1"
 	local target_host_fqdn="$2"  # the machine on which we want to install debops bootstrap, eg alambix-108.ipr.univ-rennes.fr
+	debops_controller_path=$(realpath $debops_controller_path)
 	log 'info' "configuring $target_host_fqdn using debobs controller $debops_controller_path"
 
 	local error_code=$RETURNCODE_SUCCESS
@@ -383,6 +387,7 @@ deboco__init_machine()
 {
 	local debops_controller_path="$1"
 	local target_host_fqdn="$2"  # the machine on which we want to install debops bootstrap, eg alambix-108.ipr.univ-rennes.fr
+	debops_controller_path=$(realpath $debops_controller_path)
 	log 'info' "installing debops bootstrap on $target_host_fqdn using debobs controller $debops_controller_path"
 
 
@@ -425,6 +430,7 @@ deboco__update_machine()
 {
 	local debops_controller_path="$1"
 	local target_host_fqdn="$2"  # eg alambix-108.ipr.univ-rennes.fr
+	debops_controller_path=$(realpath $debops_controller_path)
 	log 'info' "updating $target_host_fqdn using debobs controller $debops_controller_path"