diff --git a/scripts/build_directory_md.py b/scripts/build_directory_md.py
index 9e26ee81a..7a4bc3a4b 100755
--- a/scripts/build_directory_md.py
+++ b/scripts/build_directory_md.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def print_path(old_path: str, new_path: str) -> str:
 
 def print_directory_md(top_dir: str = ".") -> None:
     old_path = ""
-    for filepath in sorted(good_file_paths()):
+    for filepath in sorted(good_file_paths(top_dir)):
         filepath, filename = os.path.split(filepath)
         if filepath != old_path:
             old_path = print_path(old_path, filepath)