diff --git a/code/example/runExample.sh b/code/example/runExample.sh
index 37dd893e95be1c0c0b864f09ba080fc2f35d20e7..831c7f8f82d69bafffadaf1a562758030071fcfe 100755
--- a/code/example/runExample.sh
+++ b/code/example/runExample.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ for item in $1/*
 do
     if [ -d $item ]; then
         cd $item
-        ./$item
+        ./`basename $item`
         cd -
     fi
 done