diff --git a/tfw_magic_start.sh b/tfw_magic_start.sh
index 57524e7..7c594a7 100755
--- a/tfw_magic_start.sh
+++ b/tfw_magic_start.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-TAO_PATH="${TAO_PATH:-$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/..}"
+[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ] && readlink_cmd="greadlink" || readlink_cmd="readlink"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname $($readlink_cmd -f $0))"
+
+TAO_PATH="${TAO_PATH:-$SCRIPT_DIR/..}"
 BACKEND_REPO="${BACKEND_REPO:-tutorial-framework-wip}"
 FRONTEND_REPO="${FRONTEND_REPO:-tutorial-framework-ng}"
 BACKEND_PATH="${TAO_PATH}/${BACKEND_REPO}"