diff --git a/fedimg/services/ec2/ec2imguploader.py b/fedimg/services/ec2/ec2imguploader.py
index 0870d27..eab46eb 100644
--- a/fedimg/services/ec2/ec2imguploader.py
+++ b/fedimg/services/ec2/ec2imguploader.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def _create_volume(self, source):
         if self.volume_via_s3:
             output, err, retcode = external_run_command([
                 'euca-import-volume',
-                source,
+                source[5:],
                 '-f',
                 self.image_format,
                 '--region',
diff --git a/fedimg/utils.py b/fedimg/utils.py
index 27bb2c6..2fd0a0f 100644
--- a/fedimg/utils.py
+++ b/fedimg/utils.py
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ def get_value_from_dict(_dict, *keys):
 
 
 def external_run_command(command):
+    if command[0] == 'euca-import-volume':
+        os.chdir('/tmp')
     _log.info("Starting the command: %r" % command)
     ret = subprocess.Popen(' '.join(command), stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                            shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,