diff --git a/utils/seeddms-adddoc b/utils/seeddms-adddoc
index 3f7d16b0b..b091f179e 100755
--- a/utils/seeddms-adddoc
+++ b/utils/seeddms-adddoc
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-/usr/bin/php -f /usr/share/seeddms/utils/adddoc.php -- $*
+if [ -z ${SEEDDMS_HOME+x} ]; then
+	echo "Please set SEEDDMS_HOME before running this script";
+	exit 1;
+fi
+php -f ${SEEDDMS_HOME}/utils/adddoc.php -- $*
diff --git a/utils/seeddms-createfolder b/utils/seeddms-createfolder
index e1aca29ea..b7f96d9da 100755
--- a/utils/seeddms-createfolder
+++ b/utils/seeddms-createfolder
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-/usr/bin/php -f /usr/share/seeddms/utils/createfolder.php -- $*
+if [ -z ${SEEDDMS_HOME+x} ]; then
+	echo "Please set SEEDDMS_HOME before running this script";
+	exit 1;
+fi
+php -f ${SEEDDMS_HOME}/utils/createfolder.php -- $*
diff --git a/utils/seeddms-indexer b/utils/seeddms-indexer
index 59190069e..51719c94f 100755
--- a/utils/seeddms-indexer
+++ b/utils/seeddms-indexer
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-/usr/bin/php -f /usr/share/seeddms/utils/indexer.php -- $*
+if [ -z ${SEEDDMS_HOME+x} ]; then
+	echo "Please set SEEDDMS_HOME before running this script";
+	exit 1;
+fi
+php -f ${SEEDDMS_HOME}/utils/indexer.php -- $*
diff --git a/utils/seeddms-xmldump b/utils/seeddms-xmldump
index 62acd34e1..9ce43235c 100755
--- a/utils/seeddms-xmldump
+++ b/utils/seeddms-xmldump
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-/usr/bin/php -f /usr/share/seeddms/utils/xmldump -- $*
+if [ -z ${SEEDDMS_HOME+x} ]; then
+	echo "Please set SEEDDMS_HOME before running this script";
+	exit 1;
+fi
+php -f ${SEEDDMS_HOME}/utils/xmldump -- $*