diff --git a/F1DataBot.pm b/F1DataBot.pm
index 63fdc00..8d5c4d6 100644
--- a/F1DataBot.pm
+++ b/F1DataBot.pm
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ no warnings qw(experimental);
 
 # core packages
 use Encode;
+use FindBin;
 
 # CPAN packages
 use JSON;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ use YAML;
 package F1DataBot;
 
 # Constants and initalisations
-Log::Log4perl->init('log.conf');
+Log::Log4perl->init("$FindBin::Bin/log.conf");
 
 sub new {
     my ( $Type, %Param ) = @_;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ sub new {
     };
 
     # load remembered update ids
-    $Self->{MessageIDs} = YAML::LoadFile('message_ids.yml');
+    $Self->{MessageIDs} = YAML::LoadFile("$FindBin::Bin/message_ids.yml");
 
     return $Self;
 }