diff --git a/application/source/commandline.go b/application/source/commandline.go
index 35b5366ca91d3cd78ba519913355d5d4b6ef9288..2bd618ccf2dd38b88d8f6171622fa4dab33856a5 100644
--- a/application/source/commandline.go
+++ b/application/source/commandline.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ func executeCommand() {
 		config.Path = arguments.Path
 	}
 
+	arguments.Path, err = filepath.Abs(arguments.Path)
+	if err != nil {
+		printErrorAndExit(2, "Unknown Error", err.Error())
+	}
+
 	if arguments.DateFormat != "" {
 		config.Locale.DateFormat = arguments.DateFormat
 	}
diff --git a/release.json b/release.json
index 4e387676f2402ba793d1106a3a3a0e09854a1893..331eef031600de7d9903fec3d722b0b053628818 100644
--- a/release.json
+++ b/release.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.0.35"
+  "version": "1.0.36"
 }
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