diff --git a/format_code.sh b/format_code.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9e61dacb0..000000000
--- a/format_code.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/bash
-
-files=(
-"include/library.h"
-"include/common/stringTools.h"
-"include/common/pathTools.h"
-"include/common/otherTools.h"
-"include/common/regexTools.h"
-"include/common/networkTools.h"
-"include/common/archiveTools.h"
-"include/manager.h"
-"include/reader.h"
-"include/kiwix.h"
-"include/xapianSearcher.h"
-"include/searcher.h"
-"src/library.cpp"
-"src/android/kiwix.cpp"
-"src/android/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/JNIKiwixBool.java"
-"src/android/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/JNIKiwix.java"
-"src/android/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/JNIKiwixString.java"
-"src/android/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/JNIKiwixInt.java"
-"src/searcher.cpp"
-"src/common/pathTools.cpp"
-"src/common/regexTools.cpp"
-"src/common/otherTools.cpp"
-"src/common/archiveTools.cpp"
-"src/common/networkTools.cpp"
-"src/common/stringTools.cpp"
-"src/xapianSearcher.cpp"
-"src/manager.cpp"
-"src/reader.cpp"
-)
-
-for i in "${files[@]}"
-do
-  echo $i
-  clang-format -i -style=file $i
-done
diff --git a/scripts/format_code.sh b/scripts/format_code.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1871b0aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/format_code.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+# Compute 'src' path
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+REPO_DIR=$(readlink -f "$SCRIPT_DIR"/..)
+DIRS="src include"
+
+# Apply formating to all *.cpp and *.h files
+cd "$REPO_DIR"
+for FILE in $(find $DIRS -name '*.h' -o -name '*.cpp')
+do
+  echo $FILE
+  clang-format -i -style=file "$FILE"
+done