diff --git a/compile_munge.sh b/compile_munge.sh
index aeebd7c2bc971254774b245b01e5b6074a26695a..6cf16a566c89cf02efc6ae387c2916a054678fca 100755
--- a/compile_munge.sh
+++ b/compile_munge.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # retrieving sources
 /usr/bin/git clone -b munge-${MUNGE_VERSION} ${MUNGE_URL} ${TOP_DIR}/SOURCES/munge-${MUNGE_VERSION}
-/usr/bin/cp ${TOP_DIR}/munge-${MUNGE_VERSION}/munge.spec ${TOP_DIR}/SPECS/munge.spec
+/usr/bin/cp ${TOP_DIR}/SOURCES/munge-${MUNGE_VERSION}/munge.spec ${TOP_DIR}/SPECS/munge.spec
 tar --exclude-vcs --create --verbose --xz --file  ${TOP_DIR}/SOURCES/munge-${MUNGE_VERSION}.tar.xz -C ${TOP_DIR}/SOURCES/ munge-${MUNGE_VERSION}
 
 # installing dependencies