diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5358f261..fc312f83 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ VER=`head -n 1 debian/changelog | sed 's/^.*(//' | sed 's/).*//' | sed 's/-.*//'
 
 get-orig-source:
 	dh_testdir
-	-[ -d ../${PACKAGE} ] && mv ../${PACKAGE} ../${PACKAGE}-${VER}
-	tar -C ../ --exclude .bzr -zcvf ../${PACKAGE}_${VER}.orig.tar.gz ${PACKAGE}-${VER}
+	bzr branch . ${PACKAGE}-${VER}
+	tar --exclude .bzr -zcvf ${PACKAGE}_${VER}.orig.tar.gz ${PACKAGE}-${VER}
 
 install-po: update-pot
 	for po in po/*.po ; do \