diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 759a188..667439c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ dataset/*
 **/tmp/**
 **/failed_scenarios/
 **/passed_senarios/
+**/waymo_origin
diff --git a/scenarionet/scripts/convert_waymo.py b/scenarionet/scripts/convert_waymo.py
index d1c0d73..43ef132 100644
--- a/scenarionet/scripts/convert_waymo.py
+++ b/scenarionet/scripts/convert_waymo.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     output_path = args.dataset_path
     version = args.version
 
-    waymo_data_directory = os.path.join(SCENARIONET_DATASET_PATH, "waymo_origin")
+    waymo_data_directory = os.path.join(SCENARIONET_DATASET_PATH, "../waymo_origin")
     scenarios = get_waymo_scenarios(waymo_data_directory)
 
     write_to_directory(
diff --git a/scenarionet/tests/local_test/_test_convert_waymo.py b/scenarionet/tests/local_test/_test_convert_waymo.py
index 043e1bc..cc80fca 100644
--- a/scenarionet/tests/local_test/_test_convert_waymo.py
+++ b/scenarionet/tests/local_test/_test_convert_waymo.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     output_path = args.dataset_path
     version = args.version
 
-    waymo_data_directory = os.path.join(SCENARIONET_DATASET_PATH, "waymo_origin")
+    waymo_data_directory = os.path.join(SCENARIONET_DATASET_PATH, "../waymo_origin")
     scenarios = get_waymo_scenarios(waymo_data_directory, num_workers=3)
 
     write_to_directory(