diff --git a/lib/config/index.js b/lib/config/index.js
index 25f9cccef..cb2e5d6c4 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.js
+++ b/lib/config/index.js
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ function getDefaultConfig() {
 
 function requireModule(file) {
     try {
-        return require(file);
+        if(file.indexOf('./') === 0 || file.indexOf('/') !== 0) {
+            return require(process.cwd() + '/' + file);
+        } else {
+            return require(file);
+        }
+
     } catch (e) {
         if (e.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
             throw new GeminiError('Config file does not exist: ' + file);
diff --git a/test/functional/config.test.js b/test/functional/config.test.js
index 2e3632222..6a77ca060 100644
--- a/test/functional/config.test.js
+++ b/test/functional/config.test.js
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ describe('config', function() {
                     return new Config(configPath('notExists.js'));
                 }, GeminiError);
             });
+
+            it('should read relative to current working directory', function() {
+                assert.deepPropertyVal(
+                  new Config(configPath('validConfig.js').replace(process.cwd() + '/', '')),
+                  'system.projectRoot', '/it/works');
+
+                assert.deepPropertyVal(
+                  new Config(configPath('validConfig.js').replace(process.cwd() + '/', './')),
+                  'system.projectRoot', '/it/works');
+            });
         });
 
         describe('.json', function() {
@@ -64,6 +74,16 @@ describe('config', function() {
                     return new Config(configPath('notExists.json'));
                 }, GeminiError);
             });
+
+            it('should read relative to current working directory', function() {
+                assert.deepPropertyVal(
+                  new Config(configPath('validConfig.json').replace(process.cwd() + '/', '')),
+                  'system.projectRoot', '/it/works');
+
+                assert.deepPropertyVal(
+                  new Config(configPath('validConfig.json').replace(process.cwd() + '/', './')),
+                  'system.projectRoot', '/it/works');
+            });
         });
     });
 });