diff --git a/libexec/portzap/git-changed-files b/libexec/portzap/git-changed-files
index adb53fc..82e7f98 100644
--- a/libexec/portzap/git-changed-files
+++ b/libexec/portzap/git-changed-files
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 ##
 # variables
-localbase=${LOCALBASE:-/usr/local}
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath $(dirname $0)/../..)}
 git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 gitdir=$1
 commit=$2
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/git-removed-files b/libexec/portzap/git-removed-files
index 23209d9..ed42d83 100644
--- a/libexec/portzap/git-removed-files
+++ b/libexec/portzap/git-removed-files
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 ##
 # variables
-localbase=${LOCALBASE:-/usr/local}
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath $(dirname $0)/../..)}
 git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 gitdir=$1
 commit=$2
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/git-rev b/libexec/portzap/git-rev
index eab8f9e..4e5466a 100644
--- a/libexec/portzap/git-rev
+++ b/libexec/portzap/git-rev
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ set -e
 
 ##
 # variables
-git=/usr/local/bin/git
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath $(dirname $0)/../..)}
+git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 gitdir=$1
 mode=u=rwX,g=rX,o=
 
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-checkout b/libexec/portzap/portzap-checkout
index 8fade8a..a05c7af 100644
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-checkout
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-checkout
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 ##
 # variables
 libexec=$(dirname "$0")
-localbase=${LOCALBASE:-/usr/local}
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath $(dirname $0)/../..)}
 git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 mode="u=rwX,g=rX,o="
 gitdir="$1"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone b/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
index ad8511d..289b204 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 ##
 # variables
-localbase=${LOCALBASE:-/usr/local}
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath $(dirname $0)/../..)}
 libexec=$(dirname "$0")
 git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 giturl=$1
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
index fc55a66..ffbc9eb 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 ##
 # variables
 libexec=$(dirname "$0")
-localbase=${LOCALBASE:-/usr/local}
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath $(dirname $0)/../..)}
 git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 gitdir=$1
 mode="u=rwX,g=rX,o="