diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 367f6434..09cc2dae 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2008 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
 # $Header: $
 
+  08 Oct 2008; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org>
+  tools/catalyst-auto-amd64.conf:
+  Use absolute path for svn checkout on poseidon
+
   08 Oct 2008; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org>
   releases/weekly/specs/amd64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec,
   releases/weekly/specs/amd64/livecd-stage2.spec,
diff --git a/tools/catalyst-auto-amd64.conf b/tools/catalyst-auto-amd64.conf
index a6a6c057..4287fa7e 100644
--- a/tools/catalyst-auto-amd64.conf
+++ b/tools/catalyst-auto-amd64.conf
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREPEND="[amd64-auto]"
 CATALYST_CONFIG=/etc/catalyst/amd64-auto.conf
 
 pre_build() {
-  svn up ..
+  svn up /release/svn-releng/
 }