diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index b81adec9d44fd049d1fa0974e440ccc271e9dc3a..de9d70f709a2035c6f38b736e772a2a9909747cc 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ VERSION_NUMBER=$(cat "VERSION")
 echo "installing binarcpython version $VERSION_NUMBER"
 
 python setup.py clean
-pip uninstall binarycpython
+cd src
+pip uninstall -y binarycpython
+cd ../
 python setup.py build --force
 python setup.py sdist
 pip install -v dist/binarycpython-$VERSION_NUMBER.tar.gz