diff --git a/igniter/tools.py b/igniter/tools.py
index 6cbda996fc..ea130b29d7 100644
--- a/igniter/tools.py
+++ b/igniter/tools.py
@@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ def load_environments(sections: list = None) -> dict:
     try:
         import acre
     except ImportError:
-        sys.path.append("repos/acre")
+        acre_dir = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))),
+            "repos",
+            "acre"
+        )
+        sys.path.append(acre_dir)
         import acre
     from pype import settings
 
diff --git a/pype.py b/pype.py
index 954249b2b2..c0b91303ae 100644
--- a/pype.py
+++ b/pype.py
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ from igniter.tools import load_environments
 try:
     import acre
 except ImportError:
-    sys.path.append("repos/acre")
+    acre_dir = os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+        "repos",
+        "acre"
+    )
+    sys.path.append(acre_dir)
     import acre
 from igniter import BootstrapRepos