diff --git a/lib/git_stats.rb b/lib/git_stats.rb
index 5aee2c4fb..56423d4ee 100644
--- a/lib/git_stats.rb
+++ b/lib/git_stats.rb
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ require 'lazy_high_charts'
 require 'launchy'
 require 'i18n'
 
-Dir['lib/**/*.rb'].each { |r| require File.expand_path(r) }
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+require 'git_stats/base'
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diff --git a/lib/git_stats/base.rb b/lib/git_stats/base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9393548d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/git_stats/base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require 'git_stats/core_extensions/hash'
+require 'git_stats/core_extensions/string'
+require 'git_stats/core_extensions/symbol'
+
+require 'git_stats/version'
+require 'git_stats/i18n'
+require 'git_stats/by_field_finder'
+require 'git_stats/cli'
+require 'git_stats/generator'
+
+require 'git_stats/git_data/activity'
+require 'git_stats/git_data/author'
+require 'git_stats/git_data/blob'
+require 'git_stats/git_data/command_parser'
+require 'git_stats/git_data/command_runner'
+require 'git_stats/git_data/commit'
+require 'git_stats/git_data/repo'
+require 'git_stats/git_data/short_stat'
+
+require 'git_stats/stats_view/template'
+require 'git_stats/stats_view/view'
+require 'git_stats/stats_view/view_data'
+
+require 'git_stats/stats_view/charts/activity_charts'
+require 'git_stats/stats_view/charts/authors_charts'
+require 'git_stats/stats_view/charts/chart'
+require 'git_stats/stats_view/charts/charts'
+require 'git_stats/stats_view/charts/repo_charts'
+
diff --git a/lib/git_stats/core_extensions/string.rb b/lib/git_stats/core_extensions/string.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ec0a0c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/git_stats/core_extensions/string.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class String
+  def absolute_path
+    Pathname.new(__FILE__).expand_path.join(self).cleanpath.to_s
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/git_stats/i18n.rb b/lib/git_stats/i18n.rb
index cc1ba0cc3..4981fd2bb 100644
--- a/lib/git_stats/i18n.rb
+++ b/lib/git_stats/i18n.rb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-I18n.load_path += Dir['config/locales/*.yml']
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+I18n.load_path += Dir['../../../../config/locales/*.yml'.absolute_path]
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diff --git a/lib/git_stats/stats_view/template.rb b/lib/git_stats/stats_view/template.rb
index 0bc9840ba..32137a1e4 100644
--- a/lib/git_stats/stats_view/template.rb
+++ b/lib/git_stats/stats_view/template.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module GitStats
       def initialize(name, layout=nil)
         @name = name
         @layout = layout
-        @template = Tilt.new("templates/#@name.haml")
+        @template = Tilt.new("../../../../templates/#@name.haml".absolute_path)
       end
 
       def render(data, params={})
diff --git a/lib/git_stats/stats_view/view.rb b/lib/git_stats/stats_view/view.rb
index c59cdee90..35c086ee8 100644
--- a/lib/git_stats/stats_view/view.rb
+++ b/lib/git_stats/stats_view/view.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module GitStats
     class View
       def initialize(view_data, out_path)
         @view_data, @out_path = view_data, out_path
-        @layout = Tilt.new("templates/layout.haml")
+        @layout = Tilt.new("../../../../templates/layout.haml".absolute_path)
       end
 
       def render_all
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ module GitStats
       end
 
       def all_templates(root = '')
-        Dir["templates/#{root}**/[^_]*.haml"].map {
+        Dir["../../../../templates/#{root}**/[^_]*.haml".absolute_path].map {
             |f| Pathname.new(f)
         }.map { |f|
-          f.relative_path_from(Pathname.new('templates')).sub_ext('')
+          f.relative_path_from(Pathname.new('../../../../templates'.absolute_path)).sub_ext('')
         }.map(&:to_s) - %w(layout)
       end
 
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ module GitStats
       end
 
       def prepare_static_content
-        FileUtils.cp_r(Dir['templates/static/*'], @out_path)
+        FileUtils.cp_r(Dir["../../../../templates/static/*".absolute_path], @out_path)
       end
 
       def prepare_assets
-        FileUtils.cp_r('templates/assets', @out_path)
+        FileUtils.cp_r('../../../../templates/assets'.absolute_path, @out_path)
       end
 
     end