diff --git a/scripts/utils/set-local-calibration.sh b/scripts/utils/set-local-calibration.sh
index a5c256c760..cfb8333f5e 100755
--- a/scripts/utils/set-local-calibration.sh
+++ b/scripts/utils/set-local-calibration.sh
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ cp ../scripts/utils/set-local-calibration/pre-commit .git/hooks
 cp ../scripts/utils/set-local-calibration/post-commit .git/hooks
 chmod u+x .git/hooks/pre-commit .git/hooks/post-commit
 
-# create additional .Rprofile (sourced through default .Rprofile)
-echo -e "options(remind_repos = c(\n" \
-	"    getOption(\"remind_repos\"),\n" \
-	"    stats::setNames(list(x = NULL), \"$PWD\")))" \
-	> .Rprofile_calibration_results
+# add additional .Rprofile (sourced through default .Rprofile)
+cp ../scripts/utils/set-local-calibration/.Rprofile_calibration_results ./
 
 cd "$OLDPWD"
diff --git a/scripts/utils/set-local-calibration/.Rprofile_calibration_results b/scripts/utils/set-local-calibration/.Rprofile_calibration_results
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0443d720e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/utils/set-local-calibration/.Rprofile_calibration_results
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+options(remind_repos = c(
+     getOption("remind_repos"),
+     stats::setNames(list(x = NULL),
+                     dirname(normalizePath(parent.frame(2)[['ofile']])))))