diff --git a/GPy/util/config.py b/GPy/util/config.py
index 960d6690..cd29a8af 100644
--- a/GPy/util/config.py
+++ b/GPy/util/config.py
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
 home = os.getenv('HOME') or os.getenv('USERPROFILE')
 user_file = os.path.join(home,'.gpy_config.cfg')
 default_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname( __file__ ), '..', 'gpy_config.cfg'))
+print user_file, os.path.isfile(user_file)
+print default_file, os.path.isfile(default_file)
 
 # 1. check if the user has a ~/.gpy_config.cfg
 if os.path.isfile(user_file):
     config.read(user_file)
 else:
     # 2. if not, use the default one
-    path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-    config.read(os.path.join(path,default_file))
+    config.read(default_file)