diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index f923c74..db8ab7f 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import sys
 import time
 import copy
 import json
@@ -41,16 +42,18 @@ class BotClient:
         return self.bot.log(obj, infix = "{}: {}".format(self.config["name"], infix))
 
     def setup(self):
-        if not os.path.exists(self.config["client_file"]):
+        client_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), self.config["client_file"])
+        if not os.path.exists(client_file_path):
             Mastodon.create_app(
                 self.app_name,
                 api_base_url = self.config["base_url"],
-                to_file = self.config["client_file"])
+                to_file = client_file_path)
          
-        if not os.path.exists(self.config["user_file"]):
+        user_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), self.config["user_file"])
+        if not os.path.exists(user_file_path):
             api = Mastodon(
                 api_base_url = self.config["base_url"],
-                client_id = self.config["client_file"])
+                client_id = client_file_path)
         
             auth_url = api.auth_request_url()
             
@@ -62,10 +65,10 @@ class BotClient:
             
             self.log()
 
-            api.log_in(code = auth_code, to_file = self.config["user_file"])
+            api.log_in(code = auth_code, to_file = user_file_path)
 
         self.api = Mastodon(
-            access_token = self.config["user_file"],
+            access_token = user_file_path,
             api_base_url = self.config["base_url"])
 
     def start(self):
@@ -128,13 +131,15 @@ class BotClient:
 
     def on_load_state(self):
         if os.path.exists(self.config["state_file"]):
+            state_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), self.config["state_file"])
             with open(self.config["state_file"]) as json_file:
                 return json.load(json_file)
 
         return copy.deepcopy(self.DEFAULT_STATE)
     
     def on_save_state(self, state):
-        with open(self.config["state_file"], "w") as json_file:
+        state_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), self.config["state_file"])
+        with open(state_file_path, "w") as json_file:
             json.dump(state, json_file, indent = 4)
 
 class Bot:
diff --git a/cringebot.py b/cringebot.py
index f743ffd..182067e 100644
--- a/cringebot.py
+++ b/cringebot.py
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ def toot_dict_to_mail(toot_dict):
 
     return bogofilter.Mail(headers = headers, body = body)
 
-bot = Bot(CringeBotClient, toml.load("config.toml"))
+config_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), "config.toml")
+bot = Bot(CringeBotClient, toml.load(config_path))
 bot.start()
 
 while True: