diff --git a/scsh/scsh.scm b/scsh/scsh.scm
index 8f7e40d..35da464 100644
--- a/scsh/scsh.scm
+++ b/scsh/scsh.scm
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
 	(let ((changed-dir #f))		
 	  (with-lock resource-lock
 		     (lambda ()
+		       (align-resource!)
 		       (change-and-cache dir)
 		       (set! changed-dir (cache-value))))
 	  (let-resource changed-dir thunk)))