diff --git a/earwigbot.py b/earwigbot.py
index b18f1bc..5543221 100644
--- a/earwigbot.py
+++ b/earwigbot.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 """
 EarwigBot
 
-A thin wrapper for EarwigBot's main bot code, located in core/main.py. This
+A thin wrapper for EarwigBot's main bot code, specified by bot_script. This
 wrapper will automatically restart the bot when it shuts down (from !restart,
 for example). It requests the bot's password at startup and reuses it every
 time the bot restarts internally, so you do not need to re-enter the password
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ markdown format!) and the LICENSE for licensing information.
 
 from getpass import getpass
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+from os import path
 from sys import executable
 from time import sleep
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ __license__ = "MIT License"
 __version__ = "0.1dev"
 __email__ = "ben.kurtovic@verizon.net"
 
+bot_script = path.join(path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__)), "core", "main.py")
+
 def main():
     print "EarwigBot v{0}\n".format(__version__)
 
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ def main():
         key = None
 
     while 1:
-        bot = Popen([executable, 'core/main.py'], stdin=PIPE)
+        bot = Popen([executable, bot_script], stdin=PIPE)
         bot.communicate(key)  # give the key to core.config.load()
         return_code = bot.wait()
         if return_code == 1: