diff --git a/app/AppDelegate.m b/app/AppDelegate.m
index 81e44afbca..d1254668f4 100644
--- a/app/AppDelegate.m
+++ b/app/AppDelegate.m
@@ -92,23 +92,23 @@ - (int)boot {
     
     // create some device nodes
     // this will do nothing if they already exist
-    generic_mknod("/dev/tty1", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 1));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/tty2", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 2));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/tty3", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 3));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/tty4", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 4));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/tty5", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 5));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/tty6", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 6));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/tty7", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 7));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/tty1", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 1));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/tty2", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 2));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/tty3", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 3));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/tty4", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 4));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/tty5", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 5));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/tty6", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 6));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/tty7", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 7));
 
-    generic_mknod("/dev/tty", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_ALTERNATE_MAJOR, DEV_TTY_MINOR));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/console", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_ALTERNATE_MAJOR, DEV_CONSOLE_MINOR));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/ptmx", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_ALTERNATE_MAJOR, DEV_PTMX_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/tty", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_ALTERNATE_MAJOR, DEV_TTY_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/console", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_ALTERNATE_MAJOR, DEV_CONSOLE_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/ptmx", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_ALTERNATE_MAJOR, DEV_PTMX_MINOR));
 
-    generic_mknod("/dev/null", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_NULL_MINOR));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/zero", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_ZERO_MINOR));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/full", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_FULL_MINOR));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/random", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_RANDOM_MINOR));
-    generic_mknod("/dev/urandom", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_URANDOM_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/null", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_NULL_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/zero", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_ZERO_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/full", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_FULL_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/random", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_RANDOM_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/urandom", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(MEM_MAJOR, DEV_URANDOM_MINOR));
     
     generic_mkdirat(AT_PWD, "/dev/pts", 0755);
     
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ - (int)boot {
     if (err != 0) {
         return err;
     }
-    generic_mknod("/dev/clipboard", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(DYN_DEV_MAJOR, DEV_CLIPBOARD_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/clipboard", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(DYN_DEV_MAJOR, DEV_CLIPBOARD_MINOR));
     
     err = dyn_dev_register(&location_dev, DEV_CHAR, DYN_DEV_MAJOR, DEV_LOCATION_MINOR);
     if (err != 0)
         return err;
-    generic_mknod("/dev/location", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(DYN_DEV_MAJOR, DEV_LOCATION_MINOR));
+    generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/location", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(DYN_DEV_MAJOR, DEV_LOCATION_MINOR));
 
     do_mount(&procfs, "proc", "/proc", 0);
     do_mount(&devptsfs, "devpts", "/dev/pts", 0);