diff --git a/docs/setup.rst b/docs/setup.rst
--- a/docs/setup.rst
+++ b/docs/setup.rst
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ that, you'll need to:
 
       ini = '/srv/kallithea/my.ini'
       from logging.config import fileConfig
-      fileConfig(ini)
+      fileConfig(ini, {'__file__': ini, 'here': '/srv/kallithea'})
       from paste.deploy import loadapp
       application = loadapp('config:' + ini)
 
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ that, you'll need to:
 
       ini = '/srv/kallithea/kallithea.ini'
       from logging.config import fileConfig
-      fileConfig(ini)
+      fileConfig(ini, {'__file__': ini, 'here': '/srv/kallithea'})
       from paste.deploy import loadapp
       application = loadapp('config:' + ini)
 
diff --git a/kallithea/alembic/env.py b/kallithea/alembic/env.py
--- a/kallithea/alembic/env.py
+++ b/kallithea/alembic/env.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ logging.getLogger('alembic').setLevel(lo
 # stamping during "kallithea-cli db-create"), config_file_name is not available,
 # and loggers are assumed to already have been configured.
 if config.config_file_name:
-    fileConfig(config.config_file_name, disable_existing_loggers=False)
+    fileConfig(config.config_file_name,
+        {'__file__': config.config_file_name, 'here': os.path.dirname(config.config_file_name)},
+        disable_existing_loggers=False)
 
 
 def include_in_autogeneration(object, name, type, reflected, compare_to):
diff --git a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
--- a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
+++ b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ def register_command(config_file=False, 
                 path_to_ini_file = os.path.realpath(config_file)
                 kallithea.CONFIG = paste.deploy.appconfig('config:' + path_to_ini_file)
                 config_bytes = read_config(path_to_ini_file, strip_section_prefix=annotated.__name__)
-                logging.config.fileConfig(cStringIO.StringIO(config_bytes))
+                logging.config.fileConfig(cStringIO.StringIO(config_bytes),
+                    {'__file__': path_to_ini_file, 'here': os.path.dirname(path_to_ini_file)})
                 if config_file_initialize_app:
                     kallithea.config.middleware.make_app_without_logging(kallithea.CONFIG.global_conf, **kallithea.CONFIG.local_conf)
                     kallithea.lib.utils.setup_cache_regions(kallithea.CONFIG)
diff --git a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_iis.py b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_iis.py
--- a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_iis.py
+++ b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_iis.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ import os
 def __ExtensionFactory__():
     from paste.deploy import loadapp
     from logging.config import fileConfig
-    fileConfig('%(inifile)s')
+    fileConfig('%(inifile)s', {'__file__': '%(inifile)s', 'here': '%(inifiledir)s'})
+
     application = loadapp('config:%(inifile)s')
 
     def app(environ, start_response):
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ def iis_install(virtualdir):
     with open(dispatchfile, 'w') as f:
         f.write(dispath_py_template % {
             'inifile': config_file_abs.replace('\\', '\\\\'),
+            'inifiledir': os.path.dirname(config_file_abs).replace('\\', '\\\\'),
             'virtualdir': virtualdir,
             })