diff --git a/lib/mentat/script/fetcher.py b/lib/mentat/script/fetcher.py
index 243ddb44f8f4551d5ecafc0cbf9842a64b5347c5..3cc53789534a82dcc8c5070cc99593086e0fef5d 100644
--- a/lib/mentat/script/fetcher.py
+++ b/lib/mentat/script/fetcher.py
@@ -174,7 +174,11 @@ class DemoFetcherScript(FetcherScript):
             # Override default configurations.
             #
             default_debug      = True,
-            default_config_dir = '/etc/mentat/core'
+            default_config_dir = os.path.abspath(
+                os.path.join(
+                    os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../../../conf/core'
+                )
+            )
         )
 
     def get_default_command(self):