diff --git a/playground/startup.sh b/playground/startup.sh
index 446734a6fb363c098799f9969fd8a1dc0b1959d0..13a695b317dcc6c3d5b4bc0df31a1792a5250321 100644
--- a/playground/startup.sh
+++ b/playground/startup.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+CURRDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
 # update yum
 yum update -y
 
@@ -21,14 +23,11 @@ wget $APOC_URL
 mv $APOC_VERSION $NEO4J_HOME/plugins/
 
 ### make few config changes for Neo4J
-
-for line in `cat neo4j.conf`; do
+for line in `cat $CURRDIR/neo4j.conf`; do
     sed -i -e "1i$line\\" $NEO4J_HOME/conf/neo4j.conf
 done
 
 # provide ownership to ubuntu user
 sudo chown ec2-user:ec2-user $NEO4J_HOME
 
-echo "Starting Neo4J"
-sudo -u ec2-user $NEO4J_HOME/bin/neo4j start
-
+echo "Use \"$NEO4J_HOME/bin/neo4j start\" to start the instance "
\ No newline at end of file