diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 4072236d0..2a5071f5e 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def isFrozen():
         return False
 
 def getPyfaRoot():
-    base = sys.executable if isFrozen() else sys.argv[0]
+    base = getattr(sys.modules['__main__'], "__file__", sys.executable) if isFrozen() else sys.argv[0]
     root = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(base)))
     root = unicode(root, sys.getfilesystemencoding())
     return root
diff --git a/gui/utils/drawUtils.py b/gui/utils/drawUtils.py
index dabd051bf..91e60eb98 100644
--- a/gui/utils/drawUtils.py
+++ b/gui/utils/drawUtils.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def DrawFilledBitmap(width, height, color):
 
 def DrawGradientBar(width, height, gStart, gEnd, gMid = None, fillRatio = 4):
     # we need to have dimensions to draw
-    assert width > 0 and height > 0
+    #assert width > 0 and height > 0
     canvas = wx.EmptyBitmap(width,height)
 
     mdc = wx.MemoryDC()