diff --git a/Varken/helpers.py b/Varken/helpers.py
index d655474..9ffbf5a 100644
--- a/Varken/helpers.py
+++ b/Varken/helpers.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def geoip_download():
     for files in tar.getmembers():
         if 'GeoLite2-City.mmdb' in files.name:
             files.name = os.path.basename(files.name)
-            tar.extract(files, abspath(join('..', 'data')))
+            tar.extract(files, abspath(join('.', 'data')))
     os.remove(tar_dbfile)
 
 def geo_lookup(ipaddress):
diff --git a/Varken/iniparser.py b/Varken/iniparser.py
index ec7f82b..7793161 100644
--- a/Varken/iniparser.py
+++ b/Varken/iniparser.py
@@ -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('.', 'data',  'varken.ini'))
         with open(file_path) as config_ini:
             self.config.read_file(config_ini)