diff --git a/program/nikto.pl b/program/nikto.pl
index 2cb07f9..323e666 100755
--- a/program/nikto.pl
+++ b/program/nikto.pl
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ sub config_init {
     # Guess Nikto current directory
     my $NIKTODIR = abs_path($0);
     chomp($NIKTODIR);
-    $NIKTODIR =~ s#[\\/]nikto.pl$##;
+    $NIKTODIR =~ s#[\\/]bin[\\/]\.nikto-wrapped$##;
 
     # Guess user's home directory -- to support Windows
     foreach my $var (split(/ /, "HOME USERPROFILE")) {
@@ -251,10 +251,10 @@ sub config_init {
     }
 
     # Read the conf files in order (previous values are over-written with each, if multiple found)
-    push(@CF, "$NIKTODIR/nikto.conf.default");
+    push(@CF,"$NIKTODIR/etc/nikto.conf.default");
     push(@CF, "/etc/nikto.conf");
     push(@CF, "$home/nikto.conf");
-    push(@CF, "$NIKTODIR/nikto.conf");
+    push(@CF,"$NIKTODIR/etc/nikto.conf");
     push(@CF, "nikto.conf");
     push(@CF, "$VARIABLES{'configfile'}");