diff --git a/igf_airflow/utils/dag50_olink_reveal_nextflow_utils.py b/igf_airflow/utils/dag50_olink_reveal_nextflow_utils.py
index 8f965cc9..d1d2f24c 100644
--- a/igf_airflow/utils/dag50_olink_reveal_nextflow_utils.py
+++ b/igf_airflow/utils/dag50_olink_reveal_nextflow_utils.py
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ def prepare_olink_nextflow_script(
 def run_olink_nextflow_script(run_script: str):
   try:
     bash_cmd = f"""set -eo pipefail;
+cd { os.path.dirname(run_script) };
+chmod u+x { run_script };
 bash { run_script }"""
     return bash_cmd
   except Exception as e:
diff --git a/test/igf_airflow/test_dag50_olink_reveal_nextflow_utils.py b/test/igf_airflow/test_dag50_olink_reveal_nextflow_utils.py
index f8dfdae7..113787fd 100644
--- a/test/igf_airflow/test_dag50_olink_reveal_nextflow_utils.py
+++ b/test/igf_airflow/test_dag50_olink_reveal_nextflow_utils.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_run_olink_nextflow_script(self):
     analysis_cmd = run_olink_nextflow_script.function(
       script_file
     )
-    assert analysis_cmd == f"set -eo pipefail;\nbash {script_file}"
+    assert analysis_cmd == f"set -eo pipefail;\ncd {os.path.dirname(script_file)};\nchmod u+x {script_file};\nbash {script_file}"
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
   unittest.main()
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