diff --git a/Varken/iniparser.py b/Varken/iniparser.py
index 9a21e11..0b71629 100644
--- a/Varken/iniparser.py
+++ b/Varken/iniparser.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 import configparser
-from os.path import abspath, join
+from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
 from Varken.helpers import OmbiServer, TautulliServer, SonarrServer, InfluxServer, RadarrServer
 
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class INIParser(object):
         self.parse_opts()
 
     def read_file(self):
-        file_path = abspath(join('.', 'data',  'varken.ini'))
+        file_path = abspath(join(dirname(__file__), '..', 'data', 'varken.ini'))
         with open(file_path) as config_ini:
             self.config.read_file(config_ini)