diff --git a/bdisk/host.py b/bdisk/host.py
index 5334f85..ac1042b 100755
--- a/bdisk/host.py
+++ b/bdisk/host.py
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ def getConfig(conf_file='/etc/bdisk/build.ini'):
                         '/opt/dev/bdisk/build.ini',
                         '/opt/dev/bdisk/extra/build.ini',
                         '/opt/dev/bdisk/extra/dist.build.ini',
-                        currentdir_user,
-                        currentdir_def]
+                        currentdir_user]
         # if we weren't given one/using the default...
     if conf_file == '/etc/bdisk/build.ini':
         if not os.path.isfile(conf_file):
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ def getConfig(conf_file='/etc/bdisk/build.ini'):
                     break
     else:
         conf = conf_file
-    defconf = '{0}/../extra/dist.build.ini'.format(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+    defconf = os.path.abspath('{0}/../extra/dist.build.ini'.format(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
     if not conf:
         # okay, so let's check for distributed/"blank" ini's
         # since we can't seem to find one.