- better root dir detection

settings.py

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 # Should not be changed, this is the absolute path to the directory
 # containing main.py, core/, etc.
 # type: string
-# default: os.path.abspath('.')
-ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath('.')
+# default: os.path.dirname(__file__)
+ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
 # An absolute path to the directory that will store all indexes
 # for the search engine. Must have trailing slash.