diff --git a/updateAPIVersion.sh b/updateAPIVersion.sh
index 39b162a8d..b89618f0e 100755
--- a/updateAPIVersion.sh
+++ b/updateAPIVersion.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #require 2 arguments, API_NAME API_DIR (relative to package)
 if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
     echo "Wrong usage of updateVersion.sh. Requires atleast 2 arguments [API_NAME, API_DIR]"
-    exit -1
+    return -1
 fi
 
 API_NAME=$1
diff --git a/updateLicenseNotice.sh b/updateLicenseNotice.sh
index f1b59ec25..7b63392f9 100644
--- a/updateLicenseNotice.sh
+++ b/updateLicenseNotice.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-for file in $(find . -name "*.h"); do
+WD=$PWD
+LICENCE_NOTICE_FILE=$WD/notice_to_add_for_every_file
+
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+    echo "Wrong usage of updateLicenseNotice.sh. Requires atleast 1 argument [RELATIVE PATH]"
+    return -1
+fi
+
+CURRENT=$WD/$1
+
+if [ ! -d "$CURRENT" ]; then
+  echo "This directory ${CURRENT} does not exist"
+  return -1
+fi
+
+cd CURRENT
+
+for file in $(find $CURRENT -name "*.h"); do
   echo Processing $file
 
   cat notice_to_add_for_every_file $file > $file.modified
@@ -7,3 +25,5 @@ for file in $(find . -name "*.h"); do
   mv $file.modified $file
 
 done
+
+cd $WD