diff --git a/tisbackup.py b/tisbackup.py
index 79273bf..aacaf68 100755
--- a/tisbackup.py
+++ b/tisbackup.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from os.path import isfile, join
 
 tisbackup_root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 sys.path.insert(0,os.path.join(tisbackup_root_dir,'lib'))
+sys.path.insert(0,os.path.join(tisbackup_root_dir,'libtisbackup'))
 
 from iniparse import ini,ConfigParser
 from optparse import OptionParser
diff --git a/tisbackup_gui.py b/tisbackup_gui.py
index 2163f7a..29118bf 100755
--- a/tisbackup_gui.py
+++ b/tisbackup_gui.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import os,sys
 from os.path import isfile, join
 tisbackup_root_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(tisbackup_root_dir,'lib'))
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(tisbackup_root_dir,'libtisbackup'))
 
 
 from shutil import *