diff --git a/restorething/_version.py b/restorething/_version.py
index 0cd6bb0..c0439d9 100644
--- a/restorething/_version.py
+++ b/restorething/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
 
-__version__ = '0.2.2'
+__version__ = '0.2.3'
diff --git a/restorething/rttools.py b/restorething/rttools.py
index dcee081..c18247d 100644
--- a/restorething/rttools.py
+++ b/restorething/rttools.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def process_working_dir():
 
 
 def get_version(path):
-    with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    fullpath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), path)
+    with open(fullpath, encoding='utf-8') as f:
         version_file = f.read()
     regex = r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]"
     version_match = re.search(regex, version_file, re.M)