diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/__init__.py b/rhodecode/lib/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ def get_current_revision(quiet=False):
     try:
         from rhodecode.lib.vcs import get_repo
         from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.helpers import get_scm
-        repopath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..')
+        repopath = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
+                                                '..', '..'))
         scm = get_scm(repopath)[0]
         repo = get_repo(path=repopath, alias=scm)
         wk_dir = repo.workdir