diff --git a/classes/Forget.rb b/classes/Forget.rb
index 13eefdd7..b8e61ba9 100644
--- a/classes/Forget.rb
+++ b/classes/Forget.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Forget
 		end
 		ibot = Util::BotFamily.instance.get(Util::Util.instance.hton(m.bot.config.server)).bot
 		plug = Kernel.const_get(modname)
-		require "/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb"
+		require "./plugins/#{modname}.rb"
 		ibot.plugins.unregister_plugin(plug)
 		m.reply("#{modname} forgotten successfully")
 	end
diff --git a/classes/Util.rb b/classes/Util.rb
index d90268c5..a6f9de85 100644
--- a/classes/Util.rb
+++ b/classes/Util.rb
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ module Util
 			    }
 			    c.channels = cList
 			    pList = Array.new
-			    Pathname.glob("/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/*.rb").each { |plugin|
+			    Pathname.glob("./plugins/*.rb").each { |plugin|
 				puts "found plugin #{plugin}"
 					
 				load plugin		
diff --git a/plugins/DynPlug.rb b/plugins/DynPlug.rb
index bbf8f514..1e69d3c8 100644
--- a/plugins/DynPlug.rb
+++ b/plugins/DynPlug.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class DynPlug
 			return
 		end
 		begin
-			if(File.exist?("/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb")) 
+			if(File.exist?("./plugins/#{modname}.rb")) 
 				m.reply("plugin with name #{modname} already exists")
 				return false;
 			end
@@ -34,21 +34,21 @@ class DynPlug
 				open(url) do |f|
 					content = f.read
 					content.gsub!(%r{</?[^>]+?>}, '')
-					open("/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb", "w") do |plugin|
+					open("./plugins/#{modname}.rb", "w") do |plugin|
 						plugin.write content
 					end
 				end
 			rescue Exception => error
 				m.user.send("Error downloading #{modname}: #{error}")
 			end
-			load "/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb";
+			load "./plugins/#{modname}.rb";
 			ibot = Util::BotFamily.instance.get(Util::Util.instance.hton(m.bot.config.server)).bot
 			ibot.plugins.register_plugin(Object.const_get(modname))
 			m.reply("#{modname} added successfully")
 		rescue Exception => error
 			m.user.send "Error loading #{modname}: #{error}"
 			m.reply "Error loading, deleting downloaded module. Check privmsg for details"
-			m.user.send "#{modname}.rb deleted" if File.unlink "/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb"
+			m.user.send "#{modname}.rb deleted" if File.unlink "./plugins/#{modname}.rb"
 		end
 	end
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class DynPlug
 			m.reply("#{m.user.nick}: your access level is not high enough for this command.")
 			return
 		end
-		if(File.exist?("/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb")) 
+		if(File.exist?("./plugins/#{modname}.rb")) 
 				
 			ibot = Util::BotFamily.instance.get(Util::Util.instance.hton(m.bot.config.server)).bot
 			i = ibot.plugins.find_index { |x| x.class == Kernel.const_get(modname) }
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ class DynPlug
 			m.reply("#{m.user.nick}: your access level is not high enough for this command.")
 			return
 		end
-		if(File.exist?("/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb")) 	
+		if(File.exist?("./plugins/#{modname}.rb")) 	
 			ibot = Util::BotFamily.instance.get(Util::Util.instance.hton(m.bot.config.server)).bot
 			i = ibot.plugins.find_index { |x| x.class == modname }
 			if(i != nil) 
 				m.reply("#{modname} already loaded; try :reload instead")
 			else 
 				begin
-					load "/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb"
+					load "./plugins/#{modname}.rb"
 				rescue Exception => error
 					m.reply "Error loading #{modname}. check privmsg for details"
 					m.user.send "Error loading #{modname}: #{error}"
diff --git a/plugins/Pastebin.rb b/plugins/Pastebin.rb
index 6dcabf3e..a7b97ec3 100644
--- a/plugins/Pastebin.rb
+++ b/plugins/Pastebin.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Pastebin
 			m.reply("#{m.user.nick}: your access level is not high enough for this command.")
 			return
 		end
-		path = "/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb"
+		path = "./plugins/#{modname}.rb"
 		if(File.exist?(path)) 
 			IO.popen("pastebin -f #{path} -l ruby -n '#{modname} src'").readlines.each { |line| m.reply line }
 		 else 
diff --git a/plugins/PlugTool.rb b/plugins/PlugTool.rb
index fdda7b98..560a1f4f 100644
--- a/plugins/PlugTool.rb
+++ b/plugins/PlugTool.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class PlugTool
 	def plugs(m, opt) 
 		debug "in plugs, got opt as #{opt.to_s}"
 		plugs = Hash.new
-		Pathname.glob("/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/*.rb").each { |plugin|
+		Pathname.glob("./plugins/*.rb").each { |plugin|
 				plugname = File.basename(plugin.basename,File.extname(plugin))
                                 plugs[plugname] = Hash.new
 				plugs[plugname]["enabled"] = m.bot.config.plugins.plugins.include? Object.const_get plugname
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class PlugTool
 		if(modname != nil)
 			puts modname 
 			modname.strip!
-			if(File.exist?("/var/src/ruby/extendobot/plugins/#{modname}.rb")) 
+			if(File.exist?("./plugins/#{modname}.rb")) 
 				
 				ibot = Util::BotFamily.instance.get(Util::Util.instance.hton(m.bot.config.server)).bot
 				kc = Kernel.const_get(modname)