diff --git a/utils/airtime-clean-storage.php b/utils/airtime-clean-storage.php
index 9424d35f3..4f1a40227 100644
--- a/utils/airtime-clean-storage.php
+++ b/utils/airtime-clean-storage.php
@@ -9,15 +9,28 @@ if (isset($arr["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]) && ($arr["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] != "") ) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-set_include_path('/var/www/airtime/library' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
-set_include_path('/var/www/airtime/application/models' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
-require_once('/var/www/airtime/application/configs/conf.php');
-require_once('/var/www/airtime/application/models/StoredFile.php');
+$ini = get_ini_file();
+$airtime_base_dir = $ini['general']['airtime_dir'];
+
+set_include_path("$airtime_base_dir/library" . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
+set_include_path("$airtime_base_dir/application/models" . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
+require_once("$airtime_base_dir/application/configs/conf.php");
+require_once("$airtime_base_dir/application/models/StoredFile.php");
 require_once('DB.php');
 require_once 'propel/runtime/lib/Propel.php';
-Propel::init('/var/www/airtime/application/configs/airtime-conf.php');
+Propel::init("$airtime_base_dir/application/configs/airtime-conf.php");
 
 
+function get_ini_file(){
+    $ini = parse_ini_file("/etc/airtime/airtime.conf", true);
+    if ($ini === FALSE || !array_key_exists('airtime_dir', $ini['general'])){
+        echo "Could not open /etc/airtime/airtime.conf. Is Airtime installed?".PHP_EOL;
+        exit;
+    }
+    
+    return $ini;
+}
+
 /**
  *
  * Look through all the files in the database and remove the rows
diff --git a/utils/airtime-import.php b/utils/airtime-import.php
index 5c11165c3..616ef3fbd 100644
--- a/utils/airtime-import.php
+++ b/utils/airtime-import.php
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ set_time_limit(0);
 error_reporting(E_ALL);
 set_error_handler("import_error_handler", E_ALL & !E_NOTICE);
 
-set_include_path('/var/www/airtime/library' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
+$ini = get_ini_file();
+$airtime_base_dir = $ini['general']['airtime_dir'];
 
-require_once("/var/www/airtime/application/configs/conf.php");
-require_once("/var/www/airtime/application/models/StoredFile.php");
+set_include_path("$airtime_base_dir/library" . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
+
+require_once("$airtime_base_dir/application/configs/conf.php");
+require_once("$airtime_base_dir/application/models/StoredFile.php");
 require_once('DB.php');
 require_once('Console/Getopt.php');
 
@@ -25,6 +28,16 @@ function import_error_handler()
     exit();
 }
 
+function get_ini_file(){
+    $ini = parse_ini_file("/etc/airtime/airtime.conf", true);
+    if ($ini === FALSE || !array_key_exists('airtime_dir', $ini['general'])){
+        echo "Could not open /etc/airtime/airtime.conf. Is Airtime installed?".PHP_EOL;
+        exit;
+    }
+    
+    return $ini;
+}
+
 
 function printUsage()
 {