diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f47734f0..b43eb765 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ $(BIN_DIR):
 
 $(TOOLING): $(BIN_DIR)
 	@echo Installing tools from scripts/tools.go
-	@cd scripts && cat tools.go | grep _ | awk -F'"' '{print $$2}' | xargs -tI % go build -o $(BIN_DIR) %
+	@cat scripts/tools.go | grep _ | awk -F'"' '{print $$2}' | xargs -tI % go build -o $(BIN_DIR) %
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e9fa948..28aa8a25 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ set -x
 # only exit with zero if all commands of the pipeline exit successfully
 set -o pipefail
 
+# Make sure to use project tooling
+PATH="$(pwd)/tmp/bin:${PATH}"
+
 # Make sure to start with a clean 'manifests' dir
 rm -rf manifests
 mkdir -p manifests/setup
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 0663889d..a61af846 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ set -x
 # only exit with zero if all commands of the pipeline exit successfully
 set -o pipefail
 
+# Make sure to use project tooling
+PATH="$(pwd)/tmp/bin:${PATH}"
+
 # Make sure to start with a clean 'manifests' dir
 rm -rf manifests
 mkdir -p manifests/setup