diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.7.0/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.7.0/airtime-upgrade.php
index 89e157c88..f43e416f7 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.7.0/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.7.0/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../include/AirtimeIni.php');
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../include/AirtimeInstall.php');
 
-
 /**
 * This function creates the /etc/airtime configuration folder
 * and copies the default config files to it.
 */
 function CreateIniFiles()
 {
-    global $AIRTIME_SRC;
     global $AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS;
 
     if (!file_exists("/etc/airtime/")){
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ function CreateIniFiles()
         }
     }
 
-    if (!copy($AIRTIME_SRC."/build/airtime.conf.170", CONF_FILE_AIRTIME)){
+    if (!copy("airtime.conf.170", CONF_FILE_AIRTIME)){
         echo "Could not copy airtime.conf to /etc/airtime/. Exiting.";
         exit(1);
     }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf.170 b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.7.0/airtime.conf.170
similarity index 100%
rename from airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf.170
rename to install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.7.0/airtime.conf.170
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime-upgrade.php
index b38f0dde6..897555da6 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ foreach ($configFiles as $conf) {
 */
 function CreateIniFiles()
 {
-    global $AIRTIME_SRC;
     global $AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS;
 
     if (!file_exists("/etc/airtime/")){
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ function CreateIniFiles()
         }
     }
 
-    if (!copy($AIRTIME_SRC."/build/airtime.conf.180", CONF_FILE_AIRTIME)){
+    if (!copy("airtime.conf.180", CONF_FILE_AIRTIME)){
         echo "Could not copy airtime.conf to /etc/airtime/. Exiting.";
         exit(1);
     }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf.180 b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime.conf.180
similarity index 100%
rename from airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf.180
rename to install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.0/airtime.conf.180
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php
index 46b8f7ebd..dad5f18d1 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ function LoadConfig($CC_CONFIG) {
  */
 function CreateIniFiles()
 {
-    global $AIRTIME_SRC;
     global $AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS;
 
     if (!file_exists("/etc/airtime/")){
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ function CreateIniFiles()
         }
     }
 
-    if (!copy($AIRTIME_SRC."/build/airtime.conf.181", CONF_FILE_AIRTIME)){
+    if (!copy("airtime.conf.181", CONF_FILE_AIRTIME)){
         echo "Could not copy airtime.conf to /etc/airtime/. Exiting.";
         exit(1);
     }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf.181 b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime.conf.181
similarity index 100%
rename from airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf.181
rename to install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime.conf.181
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php
index a19aee382..29d799669 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ function LoadConfig($CC_CONFIG) {
  */
 function CreateIniFiles()
 {
-    global $AIRTIME_SRC;
     global $AIRTIME_PYTHON_APPS;
 
     if (!file_exists("/etc/airtime/")){
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ function CreateIniFiles()
         }
     }
 
-    if (!copy($AIRTIME_SRC."/build/airtime.conf.182", CONF_FILE_AIRTIME)){
+    if (!copy("airtime.conf.182", CONF_FILE_AIRTIME)){
         echo "Could not copy airtime.conf to /etc/airtime/. Exiting.";
         exit(1);
     }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf.182 b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime.conf.182
similarity index 100%
rename from airtime_mvc/build/airtime.conf.182
rename to install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime.conf.182
diff --git a/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import b/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import
index 135b19252..ed62c8a72 100755
--- a/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import
+++ b/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 virtualenv_bin="/usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/"
 . ${virtualenv_bin}activate
 
+invokePwd=$PWD
+
 airtime_import_path="/usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-import/"
 airtime_import_script="airtime-import.py"
 
@@ -14,6 +16,6 @@ exec 2>&1
 export PYTHONPATH=${api_client_path}
 
 # Note the -u when calling python! we need it to get unbuffered binary stdout and stderr
-exec python -u ${airtime_import_path}${airtime_import_script} "$@"
+exec python -u ${airtime_import_path}${airtime_import_script} --dir "$invokePwd" "$@"
 
 # EOF
diff --git a/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import.py b/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import.py
index bf369bc51..5d00a8f1d 100644
--- a/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import.py
+++ b/utils/airtime-import/airtime-import.py
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ api_client = api_client.api_client_factory(config)
 # flag should be 'copy' or 'move'
 def copy_or_move_files_to(paths, dest, flag):
     for path in paths:
+        if (path[0] == "/" or path[0] == "~"):
+            path = os.path.realpath(path)
+        else:
+            path = currentDir+path
         if(os.path.exists(path)):
             if(os.path.isdir(path)):
                 path = format_dir_string(path)
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ def helper_get_stor_dir():
 
 def checkOtherOption(args):
     for i in args:
-        if('-' in i):
+        if(i[0] == '-'):
             return True
     
 def errorIfMultipleOption(args, msg=''):
@@ -243,6 +247,11 @@ parser.add_option('--storage-dir-set', action='callback', callback=StorageSetAct
 parser.add_option('--storage-dir-get', action='callback', callback=StorageGetAction, help='Show the current storage dir.')
 parser.add_option('-h', '--help', dest='help', action='store_true', help='show this help message and exit')
 
+# pop "--dir"
+sys.argv.pop(1)
+# pop "invoked pwd"
+currentDir = sys.argv.pop(1)+'/'
+
 if('-l' in sys.argv or '--link' in sys.argv):
     print "\nThe [-l][--link] option is deprecated. Please use the --watch-add option.\nTry 'airtime-import -h' for more detail.\n"
     sys.exit()