diff --git a/astronaut/astronaut b/astronaut/astronaut
index bab1157..a2843f2 100755
--- a/astronaut/astronaut
+++ b/astronaut/astronaut
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 dir_build="$PWD/build"  # Temporary directory to build packages
 dir_source="$PWD/source"  # Directory where the package sources will be placed
 dir_install="$PWD/install"  # Directory where the package will be installed
-dir_sysroot="/"  # The root dir (Used for dirs like etc and var)
+dir_sysroot=""  # The root dir (Used for dirs like etc and var)
 dir_prefix="$dir_sysroot/usr"  # Prefix directory
 cmd_download="curl -# -L -o {dst} {src}"  # Command to execute to download files
 cmd_extract="tar -x -C {dst} -f {src}"  # Command to execute to extract files