diff --git a/core/config_util.js b/core/config_util.js
index 63e46f62..714055dd 100644
--- a/core/config_util.js
+++ b/core/config_util.js
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ const paths = require('path');
 exports.getConfigPath = getConfigPath;
 
 function getConfigPath(filePath) {
-    //  |filePath| is assumed to be in the config path if it's only a file name
-    if('.' === paths.dirname(filePath)) {
-        filePath = paths.join(Config().paths.config, filePath);
+    if (paths.isAbsolute(filePath)) {
+        return filePath;
     }
-    return filePath;
+
+    return paths.join(Config().paths.config, filePath);
 }