diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardbg b/gtk2_ardour/ardbg
index 9d3f5bf6c7..cac20f3c2f 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardbg
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardbg
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-source ardev_common.sh
-exec gdb ./ardour.bin "$*"
+#!/bin/sh -x
+dir=`dirname "$0"`
+source $dir/ardev_common.sh
+exec gdb $dir/ardour.bin $*
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardev b/gtk2_ardour/ardev
index 017a7e337d..26722c7224 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardev
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardev
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
+dir=`dirname "$0"`
 source ardev_common.sh
-exec ./ardour.bin --novst $*
+exec $dir/ardour.bin --novst $*
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardev_common.sh b/gtk2_ardour/ardev_common.sh
index bf644f3e84..d47dfc825b 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardev_common.sh
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardev_common.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+cd $dir/..
+
 #export G_DEBUG=fatal_criticals
 
-export ARDOUR_PATH=./glade:./pixmaps:.
+export ARDOUR_PATH=gtk2_ardour/glade:gtk2_ardour/pixmaps:gtk2_ardour
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../libs/surfaces/control_protocol:../libs/ardour:../libs/midi++2:../libs/pbd:../libs/soundtouch:../libs/gtkmm2ext:../libs/sigc++2:../libs/glibmm2:../libs/gtkmm2/atk:../libs/gtkmm2/pango:../libs/gtkmm2/gdk:../libs/gtkmm2/gtk:../libs/libgnomecanvasmm:../libs/libsndfile:../libs/appleutility:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=libs/surfaces/control_protocol:libs/ardour:libs/midi++2:libs/pbd:libs/soundtouch:libs/gtkmm2ext:libs/sigc++2:libs/glibmm2:libs/gtkmm2/atk:libs/gtkmm2/pango:libs/gtkmm2/gdk:libs/gtkmm2/gtk:libs/libgnomecanvasmm:libs/libsndfile:libs/appleutility:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 # DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is for darwin.
 export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH