diff --git a/gallery_dl/__main__.py b/gallery_dl/__main__.py
index 9832190d..db3a34e8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/__main__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/__main__.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import sys
 
 if not __package__ and not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
     import os.path
-    path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.realpath(path))
+    path = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(path)))
 
 import gallery_dl