diff --git a/build-all.sh b/build-all.sh
index 15ddb362f..df8e6978a 100755
--- a/build-all.sh
+++ b/build-all.sh
@@ -6,20 +6,24 @@ total=6
 
 echo "Building zellij-tile (1/$total)..."
 cd zellij-tile
-cargo build --release
+cargo build --release --target-dir ../../target
+
 echo "Building status-bar (2/$total)..."
 cd ../default-tiles/status-bar
-cargo build --release
+cargo build --release --target-dir ../../target
+
 echo "Building strider (3/$total)..."
 cd ../strider
-cargo build --release
+cargo build --release --target-dir ../../target
+
 echo "Building tab-bar (4/$total)..."
 cd ../tab-bar
-cargo build --release
+cargo build --release --target-dir ../../target
+
 echo "Optimising WASM executables (5/$total)..."
 cd ../..
 wasm-opt -O target/wasm32-wasi/release/status-bar.wasm -o target/status-bar.wasm || cp target/wasm32-wasi/release/status-bar.wasm target/status-bar.wasm
 wasm-opt -O target/wasm32-wasi/release/strider.wasm -o target/strider.wasm || cp target/wasm32-wasi/release/strider.wasm target/strider.wasm
 wasm-opt -O target/wasm32-wasi/release/tab-bar.wasm -o target/tab-bar.wasm || cp target/wasm32-wasi/release/tab-bar.wasm target/tab-bar.wasm
 echo "Building zellij (6/$total)..."
-cargo build $@
+cargo build --target-dir target $@