Merge branch 'markjh/eventstream_presence' into markjh/v2_sync_api

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/app/synctl.py b/synapse/app/synctl.py

index 1078d19b79..5d82beed0e 100755
--- a/synapse/app/synctl.py
+++ b/synapse/app/synctl.py
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ def start(configfile):
     print "Starting ...",
     args = SYNAPSE
     args.extend(["--daemonize", "-c", configfile])
-    cwd = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
     try:
-        subprocess.check_call(args, cwd=cwd)
+        subprocess.check_call(args)
         print GREEN + "started" + NORMAL
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         print (