diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95ac88b2ed..123779f5dc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node loader.js",
-    "lint": "eslint --cache .",
+    "lint": "eslint --cache ./nodebb .",
     "pretest": "npm run lint",
     "test": "istanbul cover node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -- -R dot",
     "coveralls": "istanbul cover _mocha --report lcovonly -- -R dot && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js && rm -rf ./coverage"