diff --git a/pymods/irods_utils/irods_utils.py b/pymods/irods_utils/irods_utils.py
index b565369df744898e83596f5f7b10bdeb2fd1651f..da16c3ac365ecf9c9f2e661a3e37361456bcdc45 100644
--- a/pymods/irods_utils/irods_utils.py
+++ b/pymods/irods_utils/irods_utils.py
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ def confirmed_put( irods_sesh, file_pathname, new_obj_ipath, metadata_dict=None,
 
 
 # Bring in the experiment validation code
-sys.path.append('../mrdata_irods_config')
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../mrdata_irods_config'))
+#sys.path.append('../mrdata_irods_config')
 import mrdata_irods_config as miconf