diff --git a/docker/cleanall b/docker/cleanall
index 91eac1764b..c6104aaef9 100755
--- a/docker/cleanall
+++ b/docker/cleanall
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if test $(basename $PWD ) != "docker"
+then
+    echo "Run this from the docker directory" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 read -p "Stop and remove all containers, volumes and images for this project? [y/N] " -n 1 -r
 echo 
 if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
@@ -7,6 +13,5 @@ then
     cd ..
     echo "Shutting down any instance still running and purge images..."
     docker compose down -v --rmi all
-    cd docker
     echo "Done!"
 fi
diff --git a/docker/cleandb b/docker/cleandb
index 322e4639a2..c881503eae 100755
--- a/docker/cleandb
+++ b/docker/cleandb
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if test $(basename $PWD ) != "docker"
+then
+    echo "Run this from the docker directory" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 cd ..
 echo "Shutting down any instance still running..."
 docker compose down
@@ -9,5 +15,5 @@ docker volume rm -f "${PROJNAME}_postgresdb-data"
 echo "Rebuilding the DB image..."
 docker compose pull db
 docker compose build --no-cache db
-cd docker
+
 echo "Done!"