diff --git a/bin/split-alives.py b/bin/split-alives.py
index fd1abe0..4320ca9 100755
--- a/bin/split-alives.py
+++ b/bin/split-alives.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import csv
 import math
 import sys
 
-PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.expanduser("~/proj/external-links-scrape")
+# Determine the project root dynamically
+PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 INPUT_FILE = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "02-alive-check.csv")
 OUTPUT_FILES = [os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, f"target{i}.csv") for i in range(1, 4)]