diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
index 613a8d86..e5eacd41 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ TestAPIAvailability() {
     local chaos_api_list authResponse authStatus authData apiAvailable DNSport
 
     # as we are running locally, we can get the port value from FTL directly
-    readonly utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
+    PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
+    utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
     # shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
     . "${utilsfile}"