diff --git a/sbin/installClass.pl b/sbin/installClass.pl
index a8cbd0737..886a3f7cf 100755
--- a/sbin/installClass.pl
+++ b/sbin/installClass.pl
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ use strict;
 use File::Basename ();
 use File::Spec;
 
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Pod::Usage;
+use WebGUI::Pluggable;
+use WebGUI::Session;
+
 my $webguiRoot;
 BEGIN {
     $webguiRoot = File::Spec->rel2abs(File::Spec->catdir(File::Basename::dirname(__FILE__), File::Spec->updir));
     unshift @INC, File::Spec->catdir($webguiRoot, 'lib');
 }
 
-use Getopt::Long;
-use Pod::Usage;
-use WebGUI::Pluggable;
-use WebGUI::Session;
-
 $|++;
 
 # Get options
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ pod2usage( -verbose => 2 )
 pod2usage("$0: Must specify a configFile")
     if !$configFile;
 
-die "Config file '$configFile' does not exist!\n"
-    if !-f '../etc/' . $configFile;
+if( ! -e $configFile ) {
+    my $possible_configFile = File::Spec->catfile($webguiRoot, 'etc', $configFile);
+    $configFile = $possible_configFile if -e $possible_configFile;
+}
+
+die "Config file '$configFile' does not exist!\n" if ! -e $configFile;
 
 # Open the session
-my $session = WebGUI::Session->open( "..", $configFile );
+my $session = WebGUI::Session->open( $webguiRoot, $configFile );
 $session->user( { userId => 3 } );
 
 # Install or uninstall the asset