diff --git a/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit b/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit
index 92791d94e30..ab12d71189b 100755
--- a/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # run tooling only on branches that start with master to avoid linting noise in stable
 if [[ $(git branch --show-current) == master* ]]; then
-    if ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_package.json package.json; then
-        echo "Your package.json is out of date, reload the tooling using the reload script"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    if
-        ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_eslintignore .eslintignore ||
-        ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_prettierignore .prettierignore ||
-        ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_eslintrc.json .eslintrc.json ||
-        ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_prettierrc.json .prettierrc.json
+    tooling_dir=$(cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" &> /dev/null && cd .. && pwd)
+    if ! cmp -s -- "$tooling_dir/_package.json" package.json; then
+        echo "Your package.json is out of date, reloading the tooling using the reload script"
+        "$tooling_dir/reload.sh"
+    elif
+        ! cmp -s -- "$tooling_dir/_eslintignore" .eslintignore ||
+        ! cmp -s -- "$tooling_dir/_prettierignore" .prettierignore ||
+        ! cmp -s -- "$tooling_dir/_eslintrc.json" .eslintrc.json ||
+        ! cmp -s -- "$tooling_dir/_prettierrc.json" .prettierrc.json
     then
-        echo "Some of your eslint/prettier config files are out of date, refresh them using the refresh script"
-        exit 1
+        echo "Some of your eslint/prettier config files are out of date, refreshing them using the refresh script"
+        "$tooling_dir/refresh.sh"
     fi
     npm run format-staged
 fi