diff --git a/core/__init__.py b/core/__init__.py
index 278a16fe..8f8e19fc 100644
--- a/core/__init__.py
+++ b/core/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ except ImportError:
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         sys.ext('Please install pywin32')
 
-APP_ROOT = libs.util.module_path()
+APP_ROOT = libs.util.module_path(parent=True)
 
 # init preliminaries
 SYS_ARGV = sys.argv[1:]
diff --git a/libs/util.py b/libs/util.py
index df43c3fb..5ac9f943 100644
--- a/libs/util.py
+++ b/libs/util.py
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ __all__ = [
 ]
 
 
-def module_path(module=__file__):
+def module_path(module=__file__, parent=False):
     try:
         path = module.__file__
     except AttributeError:
         path = module
     directory = os.path.dirname(path)
-    parent = os.path.join(directory, os.pardir)
-    absolute = os.path.abspath(parent)
+    if parent:
+        directory = os.path.join(directory, os.pardir)
+    absolute = os.path.abspath(directory)
     normalized = os.path.normpath(absolute)
     return normalized