diff --git a/fix_tei.py b/fix_tei.py
index 686990d..8a98b55 100644
--- a/fix_tei.py
+++ b/fix_tei.py
@@ -48,8 +48,16 @@
 
 TMP_DIR = os.path.expanduser("tmp_files")
 
+RUNNING_DIRECTORY = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+logging.debug("The script is run from {}".format(RUNNING_DIRECTORY))
+TEI_BOILERPLATE = os.path.sep.join([RUNNING_DIRECTORY, "data", "tei_boilerplate.cfg"])
+print(TEI_BOILERPLATE)
+if not os.path.exists(TEI_BOILERPLATE):
+    logging.error("Could not find TEI boilerplate config. Exiting.")
+    sys.exit()
+
 BOILERPLATES = configparser.ConfigParser()
-BOILERPLATES.read("data/tei_boilerplate.cfg")
+BOILERPLATES.read(TEI_BOILERPLATE)
 
 def get_place_in_xml_tree(element, tree):
     """Find out the position of an element in a tree.