diff --git a/pelican/tools/templates/Makefile.in b/pelican/tools/templates/Makefile.in
index 9a26e315..1445f0b0 100644
--- a/pelican/tools/templates/Makefile.in
+++ b/pelican/tools/templates/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PELICAN=$pelican
 PELICANOPTS=$pelicanopts
 
-BASEDIR=$$(PWD)
+BASEDIR=$$(pwd)
 INPUTDIR=$$(BASEDIR)/content
 OUTPUTDIR=$$(BASEDIR)/output
 CONFFILE=$$(BASEDIR)/pelicanconf.py
diff --git a/pelican/tools/templates/develop_server.sh.in b/pelican/tools/templates/develop_server.sh.in
index 2f8c07dd..b1e3b60c 100755
--- a/pelican/tools/templates/develop_server.sh.in
+++ b/pelican/tools/templates/develop_server.sh.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 PELICAN=$pelican
 PELICANOPTS=$pelicanopts
 
-BASEDIR=$$(PWD)
+BASEDIR=$$(pwd)
 INPUTDIR=$$BASEDIR/content
 OUTPUTDIR=$$BASEDIR/output
 CONFFILE=$$BASEDIR/pelicanconf.py