diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 45f31e4c3..8787ac6c9 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import sys
 debug = False
 
 #Path autodetection, only change if it doesn't work
-path = os.path.dirname(unicode(__file__, sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
+
+if hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
+    path = os.path.dirname(unicode(sys.executable, sys.getfilesystemencoding( ))) 
+else:
+    path = os.path.dirname(unicode(__file__, sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
+
 homePath = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("~", ".pyfa"))
 saveddata = os.path.join(homePath, "saveddata.db")
 
 # saveddata db location modifier, shouldn't ever need to touch this
 import eos.config
-eos.config.saveddata_connectionstring = "sqlite:///" + saveddata
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+eos.config.saveddata_connectionstring = "sqlite:///" + saveddata