diff --git a/extract_file b/extract_file
index 9b14220..80be1f5 100644
--- a/extract_file
+++ b/extract_file
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ if [ -z "$MYOUTDIR" ]; then
   echo "ERROR: no output directory is given via --outdir parameter!"
   exit 1
 fi
+set -x
 
+existing_archive="$PWD/$(echo $MYARCHIVE)"
 cd "$MYOUTDIR"
 
-existing_archive=$(echo $MYARCHIVE)
 if [ -e "$existing_archive" ]; then
   if [ "${existing_archive%.tar.gz}" != "$existing_archive" ]; then
     tar xfz "$existing_archive" --wildcards $MYFILES || exit 1
diff --git a/obs-service-extract_file.changes b/obs-service-extract_file.changes
index 9a075e8..6f2a9ee 100644
--- a/obs-service-extract_file.changes
+++ b/obs-service-extract_file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 10 10:02:43 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- fix getting input file
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 27 21:36:13 UTC 2011 - dibo@users.sourceforge.net