diff --git a/file_json_provider.rb b/file_json_provider.rb
index 7077944..006df93 100644
--- a/file_json_provider.rb
+++ b/file_json_provider.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require "json"
-require "./issue_provider"
+require_relative "./issue_provider"
 
 class FileJSONProvider < IssueProvider
   VERSION_PATH = "./version.json"
diff --git a/generate_release_notes.rb b/generate_release_notes.rb
index ceba85b..8b730d7 100755
--- a/generate_release_notes.rb
+++ b/generate_release_notes.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
   exit -1
 end
 
-project_root = File.dirname(File.absolute_path(__FILE__))
+path = File.symlink?(__FILE__) ? File.readlink(__FILE__) : __FILE__
+project_root = File.dirname(File.absolute_path(path))
 Jira::Utils::load_config("#{project_root}/jira/config.yaml")
 
 version = Jira::Version::by_name(ARGV[0])
diff --git a/release.rb b/release.rb
index 0c46184..a523dbd 100644
--- a/release.rb
+++ b/release.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require "./json_issue"
+require_relative "./json_issue"
 
 class Release
   STORIES_LABEL="Changes"
diff --git a/stdout_confluence_reporter.rb b/stdout_confluence_reporter.rb
index 0043468..b15891e 100644
--- a/stdout_confluence_reporter.rb
+++ b/stdout_confluence_reporter.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-require "./release_reporter"
-require "./json_issue"
+require_relative "./release_reporter"
+require_relative "./json_issue"
 
 class StdOutConfluenceReporter < ReleaseReporter
   def open_section(name)
diff --git a/stdout_reporter.rb b/stdout_reporter.rb
index f1b2f2e..1dbb9df 100644
--- a/stdout_reporter.rb
+++ b/stdout_reporter.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-require "./release_reporter"
-require "./json_issue"
+require_relative "./release_reporter"
+require_relative "./json_issue"
 
 class StdOutReporter < ReleaseReporter
   def open_section(name)