diff --git a/joinmarket/configure.py b/joinmarket/configure.py
index 5c4e3a47..f9236776 100644
--- a/joinmarket/configure.py
+++ b/joinmarket/configure.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def __setattr__(self, name, value):
             logFormatter = logging.Formatter(
                 ('%(asctime)s [%(threadName)-12.12s] '
                  '[%(levelname)-5.5s]  %(message)s'))
-            fileHandler = logging.FileHandler('logs/{}.log'.format(value))
+            dirname = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+            fileHandler = logging.FileHandler(os.path.join(dirname[0][:-11], 'logs/{}.log'.format(value)))
             fileHandler.setFormatter(logFormatter)
             log.addHandler(fileHandler)
 
diff --git a/joinmarket/wallet.py b/joinmarket/wallet.py
index 555629f7..d659517a 100644
--- a/joinmarket/wallet.py
+++ b/joinmarket/wallet.py
@@ -147,9 +147,10 @@ def __init__(self,
             self.index.append([0, 0])
 
     def read_wallet_file_data(self, filename, pwd=None):
+        dirname = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))
         self.path = None
         self.index_cache = [[0, 0]] * self.max_mix_depth
-        path = os.path.join('wallets', filename)
+        path = os.path.join(dirname[0][:-11], 'wallets', filename)
         if not os.path.isfile(path):
             if get_network() == 'testnet':
                 log.debug('filename interpreted as seed, only available in '
diff --git a/wallet-tool.py b/wallet-tool.py
index 130b6fc1..f5f91cfa 100644
--- a/wallet-tool.py
+++ b/wallet-tool.py
@@ -270,14 +270,16 @@ def cus_print(s):
 elif method == 'listwallets':
     # Fetch list of wallets
     possible_wallets = []
-    for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk('wallets'):
+    dirname = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk(os.path.join(dirname[0], 'wallets')):
         possible_wallets.extend(filenames)
         # Breaking as we only want the top dir, not subdirs
         break
     # For each possible wallet file, read json to list
     walletjsons = []
     for possible_wallet in possible_wallets:
-        fd = open(os.path.join('wallets', possible_wallet), 'r')
+        dirname = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        fd = open(os.path.join(dirname[0], 'wallets', possible_wallet), 'r')
         try:
             walletfile = fd.read()
             walletjson = json.loads(walletfile)