diff --git a/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run b/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run
index 7064a323..0dae3007 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run
+++ b/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run
@@ -39,12 +39,10 @@ __cdist_explorer_dir="$1"; shift
 # Write output here
 __cdist_my_out_dir="$1"; shift
 
-# cd to this dir
-__cdist_work_dir="$__cdist_remote_base_dir"
-
 # Setup environment
 export $__cdist_variable_name="$__cdist_explorer_dir"
-cd "${__cdist_work_dir}"
+export __global="$__cdist_remote_out_dir"
+
 mkdir -p "$__cdist_my_out_dir"
 
 # Ensure there is at least one explorer