diff --git a/src/helper/configuration.c b/src/helper/configuration.c
index 2cb08338005bd841cd284bc65cf10220fc46fcc2..2fbed08bf01740032cdc677c4c995c47cdbf34af 100644
--- a/src/helper/configuration.c
+++ b/src/helper/configuration.c
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ int parse_cmdline_args(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, int argc, char *argv[]
 	int c;
 	char command_buffer[128];
 
-	/* Always search relative to current working dir first. */
-	add_script_search_dir(".");
-
 	while (1)
 	{	
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
@@ -150,6 +147,11 @@ FILE *open_file_from_path (command_context_t *cmd_ctx, char *file, char *mode)
 	char *dir;
 	char full_path[1024];
 
+	/* Check absolute and relative to current working dir first.
+	 * This keeps full_path reporting belowing working. */
+	snprintf(full_path, 1024, "%s", file);
+	fp = fopen(full_path, mode);
+
 	while (!fp)
 	{
 		dir = *search_dirs++;