diff --git a/align/align.py b/align/align.py
index 42b1aa0..b5a1085 100644
--- a/align/align.py
+++ b/align/align.py
@@ -537,7 +537,8 @@ def main():
 
     logging.debug('Start')
 
-    model_dir = os.path.expanduser(args.stt_model_dir if args.stt_model_dir else 'models/en')
+    app_root = os.environ['APP_ROOT'] if 'APP_ROOT' in os.environ else os.curdir
+    model_dir = os.path.expanduser(args.stt_model_dir if args.stt_model_dir else os.path.join(app_root, 'models', 'en'))
 
     if args.alphabet is not None:
         alphabet_path = args.alphabet
@@ -555,13 +556,13 @@ def main():
             if output_graph_path is None:
                 logging.debug('Looking for model files in "{}"...'.format(model_dir))
                 output_graph_path, lang_lm_path, lang_trie_path = wavTranscriber.resolve_models(model_dir)
-            kenlm_path = 'dependencies/kenlm/build/bin'
+            kenlm_path = os.path.join(app_root, 'dependencies', 'kenlm', 'build', 'bin')
             if not path.exists(kenlm_path):
                 kenlm_path = None
-            deepspeech_path = 'dependencies/deepspeech'
+            deepspeech_path = os.path.join(app_root, 'dependencies', 'deepspeech')
             if not path.exists(deepspeech_path):
                 deepspeech_path = None
-            if kenlm_path and deepspeech_path and not args.stt_no_own_lm:
+            if kenlm_path is not None and deepspeech_path is not None and not args.stt_no_own_lm:
                 tc = read_script(script)
                 clean_text_path = script + '.clean'
                 with open(clean_text_path, 'w') as clean_text_file:
@@ -570,7 +571,7 @@ def main():
                 arpa_path = script + '.arpa'
                 if not path.exists(arpa_path):
                     subprocess.check_call([
-                        kenlm_path + '/lmplz',
+                        os.path.join(kenlm_path, 'lmplz'),
                         '--text',
                         clean_text_path,
                         '--arpa',
@@ -582,7 +583,7 @@ def main():
                 lm_path = script + '.lm'
                 if not path.exists(lm_path):
                     subprocess.check_call([
-                        kenlm_path + '/build_binary',
+                        os.path.join(kenlm_path, 'build_binary'),
                         '-s',
                         arpa_path,
                         lm_path
@@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ def main():
                 trie_path = script + '.trie'
                 if not path.exists(trie_path):
                     subprocess.check_call([
-                        deepspeech_path + '/generate_trie',
+                        os.path.join(deepspeech_path, 'generate_trie'),
                         alphabet_path,
                         lm_path,
                         trie_path
diff --git a/bin/align.sh b/bin/align.sh
index 7eeba71..4a3366a 100755
--- a/bin/align.sh
+++ b/bin/align.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-approot="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -fm "$0")")")"
-source "$approot/venv/bin/activate"
-python "$approot/align/align.py" "$@"
+export APP_ROOT=`python -c "import os, sys; print os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(\"$0\")))"`
+source "$APP_ROOT/venv/bin/activate"
+python "$APP_ROOT/align/align.py" "$@"
 stty sane
diff --git a/bin/export.sh b/bin/export.sh
index e182516..ca036b8 100755
--- a/bin/export.sh
+++ b/bin/export.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-approot="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -fm "$0")")")"
-source "$approot/venv/bin/activate"
-python "$approot/align/export.py" "$@"
+export APP_ROOT=`python -c "import os, sys; print os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(\"$0\")))"`
+source "$APP_ROOT/venv/bin/activate"
+python "$APP_ROOT/align/export.py" "$@"
 stty sane
diff --git a/bin/meta.sh b/bin/meta.sh
index 3a038bf..9568479 100755
--- a/bin/meta.sh
+++ b/bin/meta.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-approot="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -fm "$0")")")"
-source "$approot/venv/bin/activate"
-python "$approot/align/meta.py" "$@"
+export APP_ROOT=`python -c "import os, sys; print os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(\"$0\")))"`
+source "$APP_ROOT/venv/bin/activate"
+python "$APP_ROOT/align/meta.py" "$@"
 stty sane
diff --git a/bin/statistics.sh b/bin/statistics.sh
index e367ea2..75745eb 100755
--- a/bin/statistics.sh
+++ b/bin/statistics.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-approot="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -fm "$0")")")"
-source "$approot/venv/bin/activate"
-python "$approot/align/stats.py" "$@"
+export APP_ROOT=`python -c "import os, sys; print os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(\"$0\")))"`
+source "$APP_ROOT/venv/bin/activate"
+python "$APP_ROOT/align/stats.py" "$@"
+stty sane