diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 424c30b..54f097d 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ repeat_delay = 5
 
 
 [paths]
-update = "//mora/nmr/mnova/mora_the_explorer"
+update = "mnova/mora_the_explorer"
 Windows = "//mora/nmr"
 Darwin = "/Volumes/nmr"         # Darwin = macOS
 Linux = "will be overwritten"   # Specify in user config, not here!
diff --git a/mora_the_explorer/explorer.py b/mora_the_explorer/explorer.py
index e7ce1ce..b284601 100644
--- a/mora_the_explorer/explorer.py
+++ b/mora_the_explorer/explorer.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         # Set path to mora
         self.mora_path = Path(config.paths[platform.system()])
-        self.update_path = Path(config.paths["update"])
+        self.update_path = self.mora_path / config.paths["update"]
 
         # Load group and spectrometer info
         # Need to flatten groups dict (as some are in an "other" subdict)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.specs = config.specs
 
         # Check for updates
-        self.update_check(Path(config.paths["update"]))
+        self.update_check(self.update_path)
 
         # Timer for repeat check, starts checking function when timer runs out
         self.timer = QTimer()