--- a/src/ag.c
+++ b/src/ag.c
@@ -184,15 +184,15 @@
 ***********************************************************/
 void bufferSounds(struct sound** soundCache){
 
-	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"click-answer", "audio/click-answer.wav");
-	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"click-shuffle", "audio/click-shuffle.wav");
-	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"foundbig", "audio/foundbig.wav");
-	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"found", "audio/found.wav");
-	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"clear", "audio/clearword.wav");
-	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"duplicate", "audio/duplicate.wav");
-	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"badword", "audio/badword.wav");
-	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"shuffle", "audio/shuffle.wav");
-	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"clock-tick", "audio/clock-tick.wav");
+	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"click-answer", "/usr/share/anagramarama/audio/click-answer.wav");
+	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"click-shuffle", "/usr/share/anagramarama/audio/click-shuffle.wav");
+	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"foundbig", "/usr/share/anagramarama/audio/foundbig.wav");
+	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"found", "/usr/share/anagramarama/audio/found.wav");
+	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"clear", "/usr/share/anagramarama/audio/clearword.wav");
+	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"duplicate", "/usr/share/anagramarama/audio/duplicate.wav");
+	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"badword", "/usr/share/anagramarama/audio/badword.wav");
+	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"shuffle", "/usr/share/anagramarama/audio/shuffle.wav");
+	pushSound(&(*soundCache),"clock-tick", "/usr/share/anagramarama/audio/clock-tick.wav");
 
 }
 
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@
 int done = 0;
 
 	filelocation = rand()%10000;
-	wordlist=fopen("wordlist.txt","r");
+	wordlist=fopen("/usr/share/anagramarama/wordlist.txt","r");
 
 	for (i=0;i<=filelocation;i++){
 
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@
 		else{
 			// go back to the start of the file
 			fclose(wordlist);
-			fopen("wordlist.txt", "r");
+			fopen("/usr/share/anagramarama/wordlist.txt", "r");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@
 			else{
 				// go back to the start of the file
 				fclose(wordlist);
-				fopen("wordlist.txt", "r");
+				fopen("/usr/share/anagramarama/wordlist.txt", "r");
 				fscanf(wordlist, "%s", wordFromList);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@
 int i;
 
 	// show background
-	ShowBMP("images/background.bmp",screen, 0,0);
+	ShowBMP("/usr/share/anagramarama/images/background.bmp",screen, 0,0);
 
 	destroyLetters(&(*letters));
 
@@ -1760,9 +1760,9 @@
 	createDLBTree(&dlbHead);
 
 	// cache in-game graphics
-	letterBank = SDL_LoadBMP("images/letterBank.bmp");
-	smallLetterBank = SDL_LoadBMP("images/smallLetterBank.bmp");
-	numberBank = SDL_LoadBMP("images/numberBank.bmp");
+	letterBank = SDL_LoadBMP("/usr/share/anagramarama/images/letterBank.bmp");
+	smallLetterBank = SDL_LoadBMP("/usr/share/anagramarama/images/smallLetterBank.bmp");
+	numberBank = SDL_LoadBMP("/usr/share/anagramarama/images/numberBank.bmp");
 
 	rootWord = malloc(sizeof(char)*9);
 	newGame(&head, dlbHead, screen, &letters);
--- a/src/dlb.c
+++ b/src/dlb.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	//printf("createDLBTree\n");
 
 	// open wordlist file
-	wordlist = fopen("wordlist.txt", "r");
+	wordlist = fopen("/usr/share/anagramarama/wordlist.txt", "r");
 
 	// get each word from the list
 	while (fscanf(wordlist, "%s", wordFromList) != EOF){