diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index c126ecf..f45a6fd 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "common.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -94,5 +95,11 @@ char *get_config_path(char* default_path, char* pbuf, size_t bufsize) {
 
 	return NULL;
 	have:
+	if(path[0] != '/') {
+		path = realpath(path, NULL);
+		setenv(PROXYCHAINS_CONF_FILE_ENV_VAR, path, 1);
+		free(path);
+		path = getenv(PROXYCHAINS_CONF_FILE_ENV_VAR);
+	}
 	return path;
 }
diff --git a/src/debug.h b/src/debug.h
index b9b5215..4e65f50 100644
--- a/src/debug.h
+++ b/src/debug.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #ifdef DEBUG
 # include <stdio.h>
 # define PSTDERR(fmt, args...) do { dprintf(2,fmt, ## args); } while(0)
-# define PDEBUG(fmt, args...) PSTDERR("DEBUG:"fmt, ## args)
+# define PDEBUG(fmt, args...) PSTDERR("DEBUG:pid[%d]:"fmt, getpid(), ## args)
 # define DEBUGDECL(args...) args
 
 # include "core.h"
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index acda4be..002a909 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	if(!quiet)
 		fprintf(stderr, LOG_PREFIX "preloading %s/%s\n", prefix, dll_name);
 
+	snprintf(path=pbuf, sizeof(pbuf), "%s/%s", prefix, dll_name);
+	if (path[0] != '/'){
+		path = realpath(path, NULL);
+		snprintf(pbuf, sizeof(pbuf), "%s", path);
+		free(path);
+		path = pbuf;
+	}
+
 #ifdef IS_MAC
 	putenv("DYLD_FORCE_FLAT_NAMESPACE=1");
 #define LD_PRELOAD_ENV "DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES"
@@ -143,8 +151,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 #define LD_PRELOAD_SEP " "
 #endif
 	char *old_val = getenv(LD_PRELOAD_ENV);
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), LD_PRELOAD_ENV "=%s/%s%s%s",
-	         prefix, dll_name,
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), LD_PRELOAD_ENV "=%s%s%s",
+	         path,
 	         /* append previous LD_PRELOAD content, if existent */
 	         old_val ? LD_PRELOAD_SEP : "",
 	         old_val ? old_val : "");