diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index d0fedbd4..212f54fd 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
-from os import getenv, makedirs, mkdir
-from os.path import expanduser, dirname, isdir, join
+from os import getenv, makedirs, mkdir, pardir
+from os.path import expanduser, dirname, isdir, join, normpath
 from sys import platform
 
 
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ class Config:
 
             self.home = expanduser('~')
 
+            self.respath = getattr(sys, 'frozen', False) and normpath(join(dirname(sys.executable), pardir, 'Resources')) or dirname(__file__)
+
             if not getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
                 # Don't use Python's settings if interactive
                 self.bundle = 'uk.org.marginal.%s' % appname.lower()
@@ -145,6 +147,8 @@ class Config:
             ctypes.windll.shell32.SHGetSpecialFolderPathW(0, buf, CSIDL_PROFILE, 0)
             self.home = buf.value
 
+            self.respath = dirname(getattr(sys, 'frozen', False) and sys.executable or __file__)
+
             self.hkey = HKEY()
             disposition = DWORD()
             if RegCreateKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, r'Software\Marginal\EDMarketConnector', 0, None, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, None, ctypes.byref(self.hkey), ctypes.byref(disposition)):
@@ -225,6 +229,8 @@ class Config:
 
             self.home = expanduser('~')
 
+            self.respath = dirname(__file__)
+
             self.filename = join(getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', expanduser('~/.config')), appname, '%s.ini' % appname)
             if not isdir(dirname(self.filename)):
                 makedirs(dirname(self.filename))
diff --git a/eddb.py b/eddb.py
index 0e55a1fe..76a82eee 100755
--- a/eddb.py
+++ b/eddb.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from os.path import dirname, join, normpath
 import sys
 from sys import platform
 
+from config import config
+
 class EDDB:
 
     HAS_MARKET = 1
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ class EDDB:
     HAS_SHIPYARD = 4
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.system_ids  = cPickle.load(open(join(self.respath(), 'systems.p'),  'rb'))
-        self.station_ids = cPickle.load(open(join(self.respath(), 'stations.p'), 'rb'))
+        self.system_ids  = cPickle.load(open(join(config.respath, 'systems.p'),  'rb'))
+        self.station_ids = cPickle.load(open(join(config.respath, 'stations.p'), 'rb'))
 
     # system_name -> system_id or 0
     def system(self, system_name):
@@ -28,17 +30,6 @@ class EDDB:
         (station_id, flags) = self.station_ids.get((self.system_ids.get(system_name), station_name), (0,0))
         return (station_id, bool(flags & EDDB.HAS_MARKET), bool(flags & EDDB.HAS_OUTFITTING), bool(flags & EDDB.HAS_SHIPYARD))
 
-    def respath(self):
-        if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
-            if platform=='darwin':
-                return normpath(join(dirname(sys.executable), os.pardir, 'Resources'))
-            else:
-                return dirname(sys.executable)
-        elif __file__:
-            return dirname(__file__)
-        else:
-            return '.'
-
 
 # build system & station database from files systems.json and stations.json from http://eddb.io/api
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/hotkey.py b/hotkey.py
index 225e3233..416bd51d 100644
--- a/hotkey.py
+++ b/hotkey.py
@@ -42,14 +42,8 @@ if platform == 'darwin':
 
             self.tkProcessKeyEvent_old = None
 
-            if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
-                respath = normpath(join(dirname(sys.executable), os.pardir, 'Resources'))
-            elif __file__:
-                respath = dirname(__file__)
-            else:
-                respath = '.'
-            self.snd_good = NSSound.alloc().initWithContentsOfFile_byReference_(join(respath, 'snd_good.wav'), False)
-            self.snd_bad  = NSSound.alloc().initWithContentsOfFile_byReference_(join(respath, 'snd_bad.wav'), False)
+            self.snd_good = NSSound.alloc().initWithContentsOfFile_byReference_(join(config.respath, 'snd_good.wav'), False)
+            self.snd_bad  = NSSound.alloc().initWithContentsOfFile_byReference_(join(config.respath, 'snd_bad.wav'), False)
 
         def register(self, root, keycode, modifiers):
             self.root = root
@@ -289,15 +283,8 @@ elif platform == 'win32':
         def __init__(self):
             self.root = None
             self.thread = None
-
-            if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
-                respath = dirname(sys.executable)
-            elif __file__:
-                respath = dirname(__file__)
-            else:
-                respath = '.'
-            self.snd_good = open(join(respath, 'snd_good.wav'), 'rb').read()
-            self.snd_bad  = open(join(respath, 'snd_bad.wav'),  'rb').read()
+            self.snd_good = open(join(config.respath, 'snd_good.wav'), 'rb').read()
+            self.snd_bad  = open(join(config.respath, 'snd_bad.wav'),  'rb').read()
 
         def register(self, root, keycode, modifiers):
             self.root = root
diff --git a/l10n.py b/l10n.py
index 41a03dcd..532175d3 100755
--- a/l10n.py
+++ b/l10n.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class Translations:
         __builtin__.__dict__['_'] = lambda x: unicode(x).replace(u'{CR}', u'\n')	# Promote strings to Unicode for consistency
 
     def install(self):
-        path = join(self.respath(), 'L10n')
         available = self.available()
         available.add(Translations.FALLBACK)