diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 455b540..bd2f293 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
 const irc = require('irc');
-const settings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('settings.json'));
+const settings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(rootDir + '/settings.json'));
 const readline = require('readline')
 const model = 'user,date,message'
+const { dirname } = require('path');
+const rootDir = dirname(require.main.filename);
 
 let currentChannel = settings.channels[0]
 
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ client.addListener('registered', () => {
     
         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         const formattedDate = `${year}-${month}-${day} ${hours}:${minutes}:${seconds}`;
-        const filename = 'logs/' + channel + '.csv'
+        const filename = rootDir + '/logs/' + channel + '.csv'
     
         if (!fs.existsSync(filename)){
             fs.writeFileSync(filename, model)