diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import logging
 import json
 
 
+srcDir=os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG)
-with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "config.json")) as f:
+with open(os.path.join(srcDir, "..", "config.json")) as f:
 	cfgFile=json.load(f)
 
 class misc:
@@ -12,6 +14,9 @@ class misc:
 	version=(0,0,0)
 	defaultImage=file.get("defaultImage", 0)
 
+	_imgDir=file.get("imgDir","../images")
+	imgDir=_imgDir if os.path.isabs(_imgDir) else os.path.join(srcDir,_imgDir)
+
 class gui:
 	file=cfgFile["gui"]
 	showBigPoints=file.get("showBigPoints", False)