diff --git a/python-tg.c b/python-tg.c
index b1977a4..131c754 100644
--- a/python-tg.c
+++ b/python-tg.c
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ void py_init (const char *file) {
   char* dot = strrchr(file, '.');
   if (dot && strcmp(dot, ".py") == 0) 
     *dot = 0;
-  pModule = PyImport_Import(PyString_FromString(file));
+  pModule = PyImport_Import(PyString_FromString(basename(file)));
 
   if(pModule == NULL || PyErr_Occurred()) { // Error loading script
     logprintf("Failed to load python script\n");