diff --git a/tz.py b/tz.py
index c04a1fc..b03a0f7 100644
--- a/tz.py
+++ b/tz.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """
 """
-
+import os
 import argparse
 import logging
 import sys
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from pytz.exceptions import UnknownTimeZoneError
 FUZZ_THRESHOLD = 70
 DEFAULT_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z'
 
+basepath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
 logging.basicConfig()
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 
@@ -90,11 +92,10 @@ def create_if_not_exists(fname):
 
 
 def write_to_cache(query, location):
-    import os
     import csv
     
     logger.debug("Writing location to cache")
-    with open(os.path.join("data",".cache.csv"), 'a+') as wf:
+    with open(os.path.join(basepath, "data",".cache.csv"), 'a+') as wf:
         cachewriter = csv.writer(wf)
         cachewriter.writerow([query,
                               location.latitude,
@@ -113,19 +114,18 @@ def resolve_location_local(query):
     """
     Find a location by searching in local db of countries and cities
     """
-    import os
     import csv
     from heapq import heappush, heappop
     from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz
 
     query = query.lower()
-    create_if_not_exists(os.path.join("data",".cache.csv"))
+    create_if_not_exists(os.path.join(basepath, "data",".cache.csv"))
     
     # location hypothesis heap
     heap = []
     
     for fname in [".cache", "countries", "cities"]:
-        with open(os.path.join("data", "{}.csv".format(fname))) as f:
+        with open(os.path.join(basepath, "data", "{}.csv".format(fname))) as f:
             cfile = csv.reader(f)
             for row in cfile:
                 entry = row[0]