diff --git a/parsetools.py b/parsetools.py
index 388b51e..c11d9b5 100644
--- a/parsetools.py
+++ b/parsetools.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import re
 import random
+from os.path import abspath
 from copy import copy
 from datetime import timedelta
 from PyQt4 import QtGui
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ quirkloader = PythonQuirks()
 _functionre = re.compile(r"%s" % quirkloader.funcre())
 _groupre = re.compile(r"\\([0-9]+)")
 
+_path = abspath('.')
+
 def reloadQuirkFunctions():
     quirkloader.load()
     global _functionre
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ class smiley(object):
         self.string = string
     def convert(self, format):
         if format == "html":
-            return "<img src='smilies/%s' alt='%s' title='%s' />" % (smiledict[self.string], self.string, self.string)
+            return "<img src='%s/smilies/%s' alt='%s' title='%s' />" % (_path, smiledict[self.string], self.string, self.string)
         else:
             return self.string
 class mecmd(object):
@@ -368,7 +371,7 @@ def img2smiley(string):
     string = unicode(string)
     def imagerep(mo):
         return reverse_smiley[mo.group(1)]
-    string = re.sub(r'<img src="smilies/(\S+)" />', imagerep, string)
+    string = re.sub(r'<img src=".*/smilies/(\S+)" />', imagerep, string)
     return string
 
 smiledict = {