diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0e2de1d..a6ddec8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 KEYRING_TARGET_DIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/pacman/keyrings/
-KEYRING_FILES=$(wildcard output/*.gpg) $(wildcard output/*-revoked) $(wildcard output/*-trusted)
+KEYRING_FILES=$(wildcard keyring/output/*.gpg) $(wildcard keyring/output/*-revoked) $(wildcard keyring/output/*-trusted)
 
 all: build
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4fffc0a..ec34fbd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ The keyring is used by pacman to establish the web of trust for the packagers
 of the distribution.
 
 The PGP packets describing the main signing keys can be found below the
-[main](main) directory, while those of the packagers are located below the
-[packager](packager) directory.
+[keyring/main](keyring/main) directory, while those of the packagers are located below the
+[keyring/packager](keyring/packager) directory.
 
 ## Requirements
 
diff --git a/keyringctl b/keyringctl
index 92b26bc..993ff95 100755
--- a/keyringctl
+++ b/keyringctl
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     # temporary working directory that gets auto cleaned
     with TemporaryDirectory(prefix="arch-keyringctl-") as tempdir:
-        keyring_root = Path().absolute()
+        keyring_root = Path("keyring").absolute()
         working_dir = Path(tempdir)
         debug(f"Working directory: {working_dir}")
         with cwd(working_dir):