diff --git a/lib/GUI.pm b/lib/GUI.pm
index beb8552..1273bd6 100644
--- a/lib/GUI.pm
+++ b/lib/GUI.pm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ sub new {
    # initialize main window
    $self->{'mw'} = Gtk2::Window->new("toplevel");
    $self->{'mw'}->set_title("TinyCA2 Management $self->{'version'}");
-   $self->{'mw'}->set_icon_from_file("./icons/tinyca.png");
+   $self->{'mw'}->set_icon_from_file($self->{'init'}->{'progdir'}."/icons/tinyca.png");
 
    $self->{'mw'}->set_resizable(1);
    $section = $self->{'init'}->{'cfg'}->{window};
diff --git a/tinyca.cnf.example b/tinyca.cnf.example
index f396d96..38a4193 100644
--- a/tinyca.cnf.example
+++ b/tinyca.cnf.example
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[global]
+debug = false
+
 [paths]
 basedir = /var/lib/tinyca
 exportdir = /tmp
diff --git a/tinyca2 b/tinyca2
index 692303b..c7c2087 100755
--- a/tinyca2
+++ b/tinyca2
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use MIME::Base64;
 
 use POSIX;
 use Locale::gettext;
+use File::Basename;
 
 use OpenSSL;
 use CA;
@@ -45,15 +46,17 @@ use REQ;
 use KEY;
 use TCONFIG;
 
+my $init = {};
+$init->{'progdir'} = dirname($0);
+
 setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "");
-bindtextdomain("tinyca2", "./locale/");
+bindtextdomain("tinyca2", $init->{'progdir'}."/locale/");
 textdomain("tinyca2");
 
 # https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78576
 $ENV{XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS}= '1';
 
 my $cfg = HELPERS::read_global_cfg();
-my $init = {};
 
 # location of openssl
 $init->{'opensslbin'} = $cfg->{paths}{opensslbin} // "/usr/bin/openssl";
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ if(not -x $init->{'tarbin'}) {
 }
 
 # directory with the templates
-$init->{'templatedir'} = $cfg->{paths}{templatedir} // "./templates";
+$init->{'templatedir'} = $cfg->{paths}{templatedir} // $init->{'progdir'}."/templates";
 
 if(not -d $init->{'templatedir'}) {
    print gettext("Can't find templatedir.\n");