diff -ru bitpim-0.8.12-original/src/common.py bitpim-0.8.12/src/common.py
--- bitpim-0.8.12-original/src/common.py	2006-04-10 21:50:29.000000000 -0500
+++ bitpim-0.8.12/src/common.py	2006-04-11 10:47:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -681,4 +681,4 @@
         # windows running from exe, return as is
         return os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))
     # running from src, up one
-    return os.path.split(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])))[0]
+    return os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))