diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 9ac2b703f824f486cba63b7e5b6d99e35edbb303..b1f975546439a4288184c80f7b9cc0a812c5bbc5 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ EOF
 
 [ "$NAME" = "Python/Django" ] || exit 0
 
-SETTINGS_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'settings.py' | head -1)
-MANAGE_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'manage.py' | head -1)
+SETTINGS_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'settings.py' | head -1 | tr -d './' )
+MANAGE_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'manage.py' | head -1 | tr -d './' )
 PROJECT=$(dirname $MANAGE_FILE)
 
 cat <<EOF