diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index aa28d2e8a..6f59c44ad 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -686,8 +686,7 @@ docker_seed_registry() {
 			} >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 		done
 	else
-		cd /nsm/docker-registry/docker
-		tar xvf /nsm/docker-registry/docker/registry.tar >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+		tar xvf /nsm/docker-registry/docker/registry.tar -C /nsm/docker-registry/docker >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 		rm /nsm/docker-registry/docker/registry.tar >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 	fi