diff --git a/l1-contracts/src.ts/deploy-utils-zk.ts b/l1-contracts/src.ts/deploy-utils-zk.ts
index 017ae492e..98c5ad679 100644
--- a/l1-contracts/src.ts/deploy-utils-zk.ts
+++ b/l1-contracts/src.ts/deploy-utils-zk.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { ethersWalletToZkWallet, readBytecode, readInterface } from "./utils";
 
 export const BUILT_IN_ZKSYNC_CREATE2_FACTORY = "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000010000";
 
-const contractsHome = process.env.ZKSYNC_HOME ? path.join(process.env.ZKSYNC_HOME as string, "contracts/") : "./";
+const contractsHome = process.env.ZKSYNC_HOME ? path.join(process.env.ZKSYNC_HOME as string, "contracts/") : "../";
 const contractArtifactsPath = path.join(contractsHome, "l2-contracts/artifacts-zk/");
 const openzeppelinBeaconProxyArtifactsPath = path.join(contractArtifactsPath, "@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/beacon");
 export const BEACON_PROXY_BYTECODE = readBytecode(openzeppelinBeaconProxyArtifactsPath, "BeaconProxy");