diff --git a/_tools/get_started.py b/_tools/get_started.py
index 7d7b520581..563ad0566c 100644
--- a/_tools/get_started.py
+++ b/_tools/get_started.py
@@ -4,30 +4,30 @@
 
 import os
 
-def log(s, end = "\n"):
-    print(s, end = end, flush = True)
+from lib.logging import log
 
-def install_python_script(src, dst, tools):
-    log(f"Copying {src}... ", end = "")
+def generate_script_executing_script(script_to_execute):
+    contents = ""
+    contents += "from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader\n"
+    contents += f"SourceFileLoader('__main__', '{script_to_execute}').load_module()\n"
+    return contents
 
-    with open(src) as src_file:
-        script = src_file.read()
-    tools = tools.replace("\\", "\\\\")
-    repl_from = "path_to_tools = '..'"
-    repl_to = f"path_to_tools ='{tools}'"
-    script = script.replace(repl_from, repl_to, 1)
-    with open(dst, "w") as dst_file:
-        dst_file.write(script)
+def create_workspace_script(name, script_to_execute):
+    log(f"Installing {name}... ", end = "")
 
-    log(f"Done")
+    script_contents = generate_script_executing_script(script_to_execute)
+    with open(name, "w") as f:
+        f.write(script_contents)
+
+    log("Done")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     tools_get_started_py = os.path.abspath(__file__)
     tools = os.sep.join(tools_get_started_py.split(os.sep)[:-1])
     tools_workspace = os.sep.join([tools, "workspace"])
-    # Copy scripts from _tools/workspace to current folder, but let them know
-    # where the _tools/lib is (change their value of tools variable)
-    tools_workspace_run_py = os.sep.join([tools_workspace, "run.py"])
-    tools_workspace_build_py = os.sep.join([tools_workspace, "build.py"])
-    install_python_script(tools_workspace_run_py, "run.py", tools)
-    install_python_script(tools_workspace_build_py, "build.py", tools)
+    # Create (in current directory) scripts that execute
+    # the same named scripts from _tools/workspace
+    tools_workspace_run_py = os.path.join(tools_workspace, "run.py")
+    tools_workspace_build_py = os.path.join(tools_workspace, "build.py")
+    create_workspace_script("run.py", tools_workspace_run_py)
+    create_workspace_script("build.py", tools_workspace_build_py)
diff --git a/_tools/workspace/build.py b/_tools/workspace/build.py
index 42fe552125..6b2e5ae510 100644
--- a/_tools/workspace/build.py
+++ b/_tools/workspace/build.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-path_to_tools = '..'
+path_to_tools_workspace = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+path_to_tools = os.path.dirname(path_to_tools_workspace)
 sys.path.append(path_to_tools)
 
 from lib.tupfile_parser import parse as parse_tupfile
diff --git a/_tools/workspace/run.py b/_tools/workspace/run.py
index 64fc73c230..c1e6d5e746 100644
--- a/_tools/workspace/run.py
+++ b/_tools/workspace/run.py
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import shutil
 import urllib.request
 import subprocess
 
-import build
-
-path_to_tools = '..'
+path_to_tools_workspace = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+path_to_tools = os.path.dirname(path_to_tools_workspace)
 sys.path.append(path_to_tools)
 
+from workspace.build import build
+
 from lib.makeflop import Floppy
 from lib.platform import is_win32, path
 from lib.logging import log
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ def run_qemu(start_dir = "workspace"):
         return subprocess.Popen(a, bufsize = 0, stdout = qemu_stdout, stderr = qemu_stderr, stdin = subprocess.DEVNULL, start_new_session = True)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    program_files = build.build()
+    program_files = build()
 
     os.makedirs("workspace", exist_ok = True)