diff --git a/init.php b/init.php
index a3cb8dd3..350e4828 100644
--- a/init.php
+++ b/init.php
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 require_once 'src/core.php';
 $config = \Chibi\Registry::getConfig();
-$fontsPath = $config->main->mediaPath . DS . 'fonts' . DS;
-$libPath = $config->main->mediaPath . DS . 'lib' . DS;
+$fontsPath = TextHelper::absolutePath($config->main->mediaPath . DS . 'fonts');
+$libPath = TextHelper::absolutePath($config->main->mediaPath . DS . 'lib');
 
 
 
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ function download($source, $destination = null)
 
 
 //jQuery
-download('http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js', $libPath . 'jquery' . DS . 'jquery.min.js');
+download('http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js', $libPath . DS . 'jquery' . DS . 'jquery.min.js');
 
 //jQuery UI
-download('http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js', $libPath . 'jquery-ui' . DS . 'jquery-ui.min.js');
+download('http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js', $libPath . DS . 'jquery-ui' . DS . 'jquery-ui.min.js');
 $manifest = download('http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/MANIFEST');
 $lines = explode("\n", str_replace("\r", '', $manifest));
 foreach ($lines as $line)
@@ -40,21 +40,21 @@ foreach ($lines as $line)
 	if (preg_match('/themes\/flick\/(.*?) /', $line, $matches))
 	{
 		$srcUrl = 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/' . $matches[0];
-		$dstUrl = $libPath . 'jquery-ui' . DS . $matches[1];
+		$dstUrl = $libPath . DS . 'jquery-ui' . DS . $matches[1];
 		download($srcUrl, $dstUrl);
 	}
 }
 
 //jQuery Tag-it!
-download('http://raw.github.com/aehlke/tag-it/master/css/jquery.tagit.css', $libPath . 'tagit' . DS . 'jquery.tagit.css');
-download('http://raw.github.com/aehlke/tag-it/master/js/tag-it.min.js', $libPath . 'tagit' . DS . 'jquery.tagit.js');
+download('http://raw.github.com/aehlke/tag-it/master/css/jquery.tagit.css', $libPath . DS . 'tagit' . DS . 'jquery.tagit.css');
+download('http://raw.github.com/aehlke/tag-it/master/js/tag-it.min.js', $libPath . DS . 'tagit' . DS . 'jquery.tagit.js');
 
 //Mousetrap
-download('http://raw.github.com/ccampbell/mousetrap/master/mousetrap.min.js', $libPath . 'mousetrap' . DS . 'mousetrap.min.js');
+download('http://raw.github.com/ccampbell/mousetrap/master/mousetrap.min.js', $libPath . DS . 'mousetrap' . DS . 'mousetrap.min.js');
 
 //fonts
-download('http://googlefontdirectory.googlecode.com/hg/apache/droidsans/DroidSans.ttf', $fontsPath . 'DroidSans.ttf');
-download('http://googlefontdirectory.googlecode.com/hg/apache/droidsans/DroidSans-Bold.ttf', $fontsPath . 'DroidSans-Bold.ttf');
+download('http://googlefontdirectory.googlecode.com/hg/apache/droidsans/DroidSans.ttf', $fontsPath . DS . 'DroidSans.ttf');
+download('http://googlefontdirectory.googlecode.com/hg/apache/droidsans/DroidSans-Bold.ttf', $fontsPath . DS . 'DroidSans-Bold.ttf');
 
 
 
diff --git a/public_html/dispatch.php b/public_html/dispatch.php
index 40413c81..ea08b316 100644
--- a/public_html/dispatch.php
+++ b/public_html/dispatch.php
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-chdir('..');
-require_once 'src/core.php';
+require_once '../src/core.php';
 
 $query = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
 \Chibi\Facade::run($query, new Bootstrap());
diff --git a/scripts/find-posts.php b/scripts/find-posts.php
index ab2b3678..25fd64dc 100644
--- a/scripts/find-posts.php
+++ b/scripts/find-posts.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ array_shift($argv);
 if (empty($argv))
 	usage() and die;
 
-$filesPath = rtrim(\Chibi\Registry::getConfig()->main->filesPath, DS);
 $query = array_shift($argv);
 $posts = Model_Post::getEntities($query, null, null);
 foreach ($posts as $post)
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ foreach ($posts as $post)
 	[
 		$post->id,
 		$post->name,
-		$filesPath . DS . $post->name,
+		Model_Post::getFullPath($post->name),
 		$post->mimeType,
 	]). PHP_EOL;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/process-detached-files.php b/scripts/process-detached-files.php
index 652ff148..382ca7c7 100644
--- a/scripts/process-detached-files.php
+++ b/scripts/process-detached-files.php
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../src/core.php';
-$config = \Chibi\Registry::getConfig();
 
 function usage()
 {
@@ -31,24 +30,21 @@ switch ($action)
 			mkdir($dir, 0755, true);
 		if (!is_dir($dir))
 			die($dir . ' is not a dir' . PHP_EOL);
-		$func = function($name) use ($dir, $config)
+		$func = function($name) use ($dir)
 		{
 			echo $name . PHP_EOL;
-			static $filesPath = null;
-			if ($filesPath == null)
-				$filesPath = $config->main->filesPath;
-			rename($filesPath . DS . $name, $dir . DS . $name);
+			$srcPath = Model_Post::getFullPath($name);
+			$dstPath = $dir . DS . $name;
+			rename($srcPath, $dstPath);
 		};
 		break;
 
 	case '-purge':
-		$func = function($name) use ($dir, $config)
+		$func = function($name)
 		{
 			echo $name . PHP_EOL;
-			static $filesPath = null;
-			if ($filesPath == null)
-				$filesPath = $config->main->filesPath;
-			unlink($filesPath . DS . $name);
+			$srcPath = Model_Post::getFullPath($name);
+			unlink($srcPath);
 		};
 		break;
 
@@ -63,8 +59,8 @@ foreach (R::findAll('post') as $post)
 }
 $names = array_flip($names);
 
-$filesPath = $config->main->filesPath;
-foreach (glob($filesPath . DS . '*') as $name)
+$config = \Chibi\Registry::getConfig();
+foreach (glob(TextHelper::absolutePath($config->main->filesPath) . DS . '*') as $name)
 {
 	$name = basename($name);
 	if (!isset($names[$name]))
diff --git a/scripts/process-old-users.php b/scripts/process-old-users.php
index 2c2b08a4..7bb227ea 100644
--- a/scripts/process-old-users.php
+++ b/scripts/process-old-users.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ switch ($action)
 		$func = function($user)
 		{
 			printUser($user);
-			R::trash($user);
+			Model_User::remove($user);
 		};
 		break;
 
diff --git a/src/Controllers/IndexController.php b/src/Controllers/IndexController.php
index c0c21e5e..cfafa486 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/IndexController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/IndexController.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class IndexController
 		$tab = $tab ?: array_keys($this->config->help->subTitles)[0];
 		if (!isset($this->config->help->paths[$tab]))
 			throw new SimpleException('Invalid tab');
-		$this->context->path = $this->config->help->paths[$tab];
+		$this->context->path = TextHelper::absolutePath($this->config->help->paths[$tab]);
 		$this->context->stylesheets []= 'index-help.css';
 		$this->context->stylesheets []= 'tabs.css';
 		$this->context->subTitle = 'help';
diff --git a/src/Controllers/LogController.php b/src/Controllers/LogController.php
index 31d9d0a4..9d91e0e9 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/LogController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/LogController.php
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ class LogController
 		$this->context->subTitle = 'latest logs';
 		PrivilegesHelper::confirmWithException(Privilege::ListLogs);
 
-		$path = $this->context->rootDir . DS . $this->config->main->logsPath;
-		$path = TextHelper::cleanPath($path);
+		$path = TextHelper::absolutePath($this->config->main->logsPath);
 
 		$logs = [];
 		foreach (glob($path . DS . '*.log') as $log)
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ class LogController
 		PrivilegesHelper::confirmWithException(Privilege::ViewLog);
 
 		$name = str_replace(['/', '\\'], '', $name); //paranoia mode
-		$path = $this->context->rootDir . DS . $this->config->main->logsPath . DS . $name;
-		$path = TextHelper::cleanPath($path);
+		$path = TextHelper::absolutePath($this->config->main->logsPath . DS . $name);
 		if (!file_exists($path))
 			throw new SimpleException('Specified log doesn\'t exist');
 
diff --git a/src/Controllers/PostController.php b/src/Controllers/PostController.php
index 5f8a416a..c541a6da 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/PostController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/PostController.php
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ class PostController
 				PrivilegesHelper::confirmWithException(Privilege::ListPosts, PostSafety::toString($post->safety));
 				$post->makeThumb($width, $height);
 				if (!file_exists($path))
-					$path = $this->config->main->mediaPath . DS . 'img' . DS . 'thumb.jpg';
+					$path = TextHelper::absolutePath($this->config->main->mediaPath . DS . 'img' . DS . 'thumb.jpg');
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ class PostController
 		PrivilegesHelper::confirmWithException(Privilege::RetrievePost);
 		PrivilegesHelper::confirmWithException(Privilege::RetrievePost, PostSafety::toString($post->safety));
 
-		$path = $this->config->main->filesPath . DS . $post->name;
+		$path = TextHelper::absolutePath($this->config->main->filesPath . DS . $post->name);
 		if (!file_exists($path))
 			throw new SimpleException('Post file does not exist');
 		if (!is_readable($path))
diff --git a/src/Helpers/LogHelper.php b/src/Helpers/LogHelper.php
index 4fb02179..f4b1f295 100644
--- a/src/Helpers/LogHelper.php
+++ b/src/Helpers/LogHelper.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 class LogHelper
 {
-	static $path;
 	static $context;
 	static $config;
 	static $autoFlush;
@@ -9,9 +8,7 @@ class LogHelper
 
 	public static function init()
 	{
-		self::$path = \Chibi\Registry::getConfig()->main->logsPath . date('Y-m') . '.log';
 		self::$autoFlush = true;
-
 		self::$buffer = [];
 	}
 
@@ -39,7 +36,8 @@ class LogHelper
 
 	public static function getLogPath()
 	{
-		return self::$path;
+		return TextHelper::absolutePath(
+			\Chibi\Registry::getConfig()->main->logsPath . DS . date('Y-m') . '.log');
 	}
 
 	public static function log($text, array $tokens = [])
diff --git a/src/Helpers/TextHelper.php b/src/Helpers/TextHelper.php
index 2a453523..1f063f94 100644
--- a/src/Helpers/TextHelper.php
+++ b/src/Helpers/TextHelper.php
@@ -224,4 +224,13 @@ class TextHelper
 		$path = rtrim($path, DS);
 		return $path;
 	}
+
+	public static function absolutePath($path)
+	{
+		if ($path{0} != DS)
+			$path = \Chibi\Registry::getContext()->rootDir . DS . $path;
+
+		$path = self::cleanPath($path);
+		return $path;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/Model_Post.php b/src/Models/Model_Post.php
index d3b9fc42..ccb81845 100644
--- a/src/Models/Model_Post.php
+++ b/src/Models/Model_Post.php
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ class Model_Post extends AbstractModel
 	{
 		list ($width, $height) = self::validateThumbSize($width, $height);
 
-		return TextHelper::replaceTokens($text, [
+		return TextHelper::absolutePath(TextHelper::replaceTokens($text, [
 			'fullpath' => self::$config->main->thumbsPath . DS . $name,
 			'width' => $width,
-			'height' => $height]);
+			'height' => $height]));
 	}
 
 	public static function getThumbCustomPath($name, $width = null, $height = null)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class Model_Post extends AbstractModel
 
 	public static function getFullPath($name)
 	{
-		return self::$config->main->filesPath . DS . $name;
+		return TextHelper::absolutePath(self::$config->main->filesPath . DS . $name);
 	}
 
 	public function isTaggedWith($tagName)
diff --git a/src/core.php b/src/core.php
index 7d497dd6..1ff7eec2 100644
--- a/src/core.php
+++ b/src/core.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ $context->startTime = $startTime;
 $context->rootDir = $rootDir;
 
 //load database
-R::setup('sqlite:' . $config->main->dbPath);
+R::setup('sqlite:' . TextHelper::absolutePath($config->main->dbPath));
 R::freeze(true);
 R::dependencies(['tag' => ['post'], 'favoritee' => ['post', 'user'], 'comment' => ['post', 'user']]);
 
diff --git a/upgrade.php b/upgrade.php
index c3700db3..5a1e855d 100644
--- a/upgrade.php
+++ b/upgrade.php
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ $config = \Chibi\Registry::getConfig();
 $dbVersion = Model_Property::get(Model_Property::DbVersion);
 printf('DB version = %d' . PHP_EOL, $dbVersion);
 
-$upgrades = glob('src/Upgrades/*.sql');
+$upgradesPath = TextHelper::absolutePath(\Chibi\Registry::getContext()->rootDir . DS . 'src' . DS . 'Upgrades');
+$upgrades = glob($upgradesPath . DS . '*.sql');
 natcasesort($upgrades);
 
 foreach ($upgrades as $upgradePath)