diff --git a/apps/simplex-store-service/README.md b/apps/simplex-store-service/README.md
index d681c0ae5c..79dce8ef65 100644
--- a/apps/simplex-store-service/README.md
+++ b/apps/simplex-store-service/README.md
@@ -1022,10 +1022,10 @@ the service or the code server exits before it answers.
 
 ```
 cabal build exe:simplex-store-service
-WEBAPP_DIR=../simplex.domains/webapp ENS_CONTRACTS_DIR=<ens-contracts> ANVIL=<anvil> \
-  scripts/store-service/names-contract-run.sh
+ENS_CONTRACTS_DIR=<ens-contracts> ANVIL=<anvil> scripts/store-service/names-contract-run.sh
 ```
 
+- `WEBAPP_DIR`: the names webapp (default: the `apps/simplex-domains` submodule's `webapp/`).
 - `STORE_SERVICE_BIN`: the service binary (default: `cabal list-bin exe:simplex-store-service`).
 - `SERVICE_PORT`, `CODES_PORT`: the service's and the code server's ports (8180 and 8199).
 - Arguments, if given, are passed to `playwright test` in place of the default cases' title filter.
diff --git a/scripts/store-service/names-contract-run.sh b/scripts/store-service/names-contract-run.sh
index a940b23587..30f0ac8b3d 100755
--- a/scripts/store-service/names-contract-run.sh
+++ b/scripts/store-service/names-contract-run.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 shopt -s inherit_errexit
 
-: "${WEBAPP_DIR:?set WEBAPP_DIR to the names webapp (simplex.domains/webapp)}"
+WEBAPP_DIR="${WEBAPP_DIR:-$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)/apps/simplex-domains/webapp}"
 : "${ENS_CONTRACTS_DIR:?set ENS_CONTRACTS_DIR to a compiled ens-contracts checkout, as for the webapp dev/start.sh}"
 ANVIL="${ANVIL:-anvil}"
 SERVICE_PORT="${SERVICE_PORT:-8180}"