diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Config.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Config.pm
index af9777cef..ec594ee74 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Config.pm
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package WebGUI::Config;
 
 use strict;
 use Class::InsideOut qw(readonly id register);
+use Cwd ();
 use base 'Config::JSON';
 
 my %config = ();
@@ -148,14 +149,14 @@ A boolean value that when set to true tells the config system not to store the c
 
 sub new {
 	my $class = shift;
-	my $webguiPath = shift;
+	my $webguiPath = Cwd::realpath(shift);
 	my $filename = shift;
 	my $noCache = shift;
     my $fullPath = $webguiPath.'/etc/'.$filename;
 	if (exists $config{$filename}) {
 		return $config{$filename};
 	} else {
-        my $self = Config::JSON->new($webguiPath."/etc/".$filename);
+        my $self = Config::JSON->new($fullPath);
         register($self, $class);
         $webguiRoot{id $self} = $webguiPath;
 		$config{$filename} = $self unless $noCache;
@@ -181,9 +182,9 @@ The path to the WebGUI installation.
 sub readAllConfigs {
 	my $class = shift;
 	my $webguiPath = shift;
-	opendir(DIR,$webguiPath."/etc");
-	my @files = readdir(DIR);
-	closedir(DIR);
+    opendir my $dh, $webguiPath."/etc";
+    my @files = readdir $dh;
+    closedir $dh;
 	my %configs;
 	foreach my $file (@files) {
         next
@@ -191,12 +192,14 @@ sub readAllConfigs {
             || $file =~ /^\./
             || $file eq 'log.conf'
             || $file eq 'spectre.conf';
-        $configs{$file} = eval{WebGUI::Config->new($webguiPath,$file)};
+        eval {
+            $configs{$file} = WebGUI::Config->new($webguiPath,$file)
+        };
         if ($@) {
             warn "Config file ".$file." looks to be corrupt or have a syntax error.";
         }
-	}
-	return \%configs;
+    }
+    return \%configs;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sbin/upgrade.pl b/sbin/upgrade.pl
index 1857cf393..ddfd74be6 100644
--- a/sbin/upgrade.pl
+++ b/sbin/upgrade.pl
@@ -226,12 +226,18 @@ foreach my $filename (keys %config) {
                 	}
 		}
 		if ($upgrade{$upgrade}{pl} ne "") {
-			my $cmd = $perl." ".$upgrade{$upgrade}{pl}." --configFile=".$filename;
-			$cmd .= " --quiet" if ($quiet);
-			if (system($cmd)) {
-				print "\tProcessing upgrade executable failed!\n";
-				fatalError();
-			}
+            my $pid = fork;
+            if (!$pid) {
+                @ARGV = ("--configFile=$filename", $quiet ? ('--quiet') : ());
+                $0 = $upgrade{$upgrade}{pl};
+                do $0;
+                exit;
+            }
+            waitpid $pid, 0;
+            if ($?) {
+                print "\tProcessing upgrade executable failed!\n";
+                fatalError();
+            }
 		}
 		$config{$filename}{version} = $upgrade{$upgrade}{to};
 		$notRun = 0;