diff --git a/FreePIE.Console/ConsoleHost.cs b/FreePIE.Console/ConsoleHost.cs
index ed55687a..698ceb8b 100644
--- a/FreePIE.Console/ConsoleHost.cs
+++ b/FreePIE.Console/ConsoleHost.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ public void Start(string[] args)
                 persistanceManager.Load();
 
                 System.Console.WriteLine("Starting script parser");
-                scriptEngine.Start(script);
+
+                scriptEngine.Start(script, args[0]);
                 waitUntilStopped.WaitOne();
             }
             catch (Exception e)
diff --git a/FreePIE.Core/Common/FileSystem.cs b/FreePIE.Core/Common/FileSystem.cs
index c08ecef5..76bcd2a0 100644
--- a/FreePIE.Core/Common/FileSystem.cs
+++ b/FreePIE.Core/Common/FileSystem.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ public string GetFilename(string path)
             return Path.GetFileName(path);
         }
 
+        public string GetDirectoryName(string path)
+        {
+            return Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
+        }
+
         public void Delete(string path)
         {
             File.Delete(path);
diff --git a/FreePIE.Core/Common/IFileSystem.cs b/FreePIE.Core/Common/IFileSystem.cs
index 97b92d02..7c610fea 100644
--- a/FreePIE.Core/Common/IFileSystem.cs
+++ b/FreePIE.Core/Common/IFileSystem.cs
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ public interface IFileSystem
         string GetFilename(string path);
         void Delete(string path);
         void CreateDirectory(string path);
+        string GetDirectoryName(string path);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/FreePIE.Core/ScriptEngine/IScriptEngine.cs b/FreePIE.Core/ScriptEngine/IScriptEngine.cs
index bf2e01f2..106e0713 100644
--- a/FreePIE.Core/ScriptEngine/IScriptEngine.cs
+++ b/FreePIE.Core/ScriptEngine/IScriptEngine.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace FreePIE.Core.ScriptEngine
 {
     public interface IScriptEngine
     {
-        void Start(string script);
+        void Start(string script, string scriptPath = null);
         void Stop();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/FreePIE.Core/ScriptEngine/Python/PythonScriptEngine.cs b/FreePIE.Core/ScriptEngine/Python/PythonScriptEngine.cs
index ba493cd2..b92b6db7 100644
--- a/FreePIE.Core/ScriptEngine/Python/PythonScriptEngine.cs
+++ b/FreePIE.Core/ScriptEngine/Python/PythonScriptEngine.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
@@ -11,20 +10,15 @@
 using FreePIE.Core.Common.Extensions;
 using FreePIE.Core.Contracts;
 using FreePIE.Core.Model.Events;
-using FreePIE.Core.Persistence;
 using FreePIE.Core.Persistence.Paths;
 using FreePIE.Core.ScriptEngine.Globals;
 using FreePIE.Core.ScriptEngine.ThreadTiming;
-using IronPython;
-using IronPython.Compiler;
 using IronPython.Hosting;
 using IronPython.Modules;
 using IronPython.Runtime.Operations;
 using Microsoft.Scripting;
 using Microsoft.Scripting.Hosting;
-using Microsoft.Scripting.Hosting.Providers;
-using Microsoft.Scripting.Runtime;
-using IronPython.Runtime.Exceptions;
+using Microsoft.Scripting.Utils;
 
 namespace FreePIE.Core.ScriptEngine.Python
 {
@@ -80,6 +74,7 @@ public class PythonScriptEngine : IScriptEngine
         private readonly IThreadTimingFactory threadTimingFactory;
         private readonly IPaths paths;
         private readonly ILog log;
+        private readonly IFileSystem fileSystem;
         private static Microsoft.Scripting.Hosting.ScriptEngine engine;
         private IEnumerable<IPlugin> usedPlugins;
         private InterlockableBool stopRequested;
@@ -105,7 +100,8 @@ public PythonScriptEngine(
             IEventAggregator eventAggregator, 
             IThreadTimingFactory threadTimingFactory, 
             IPaths paths, 
-            ILog log)
+            ILog log,
+            IFileSystem fileSystem)
         {
             this.parser = parser;
             this.globalProviders = globalProviders;
@@ -113,9 +109,10 @@ public PythonScriptEngine(
             this.threadTimingFactory = threadTimingFactory;
             this.paths = paths;
             this.log = log;
+            this.fileSystem = fileSystem;
         }
 
-        public void Start(string script)
+        public void Start(string script, string scriptPath = null)
         {
             thread = new Thread(obj1 => 
             {
@@ -148,7 +145,8 @@ public void Start(string script)
 
                     pluginStarted.Wait();
 
-                    Engine.SetSearchPaths(GetPythonPaths());
+                    var additionalPaths = new [] { scriptPath }.Where(p => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(p)).Select(p => fileSystem.GetDirectoryName(p));
+                    Engine.SetSearchPaths(GetPythonPaths(additionalPaths));
 
                     script = PreProcessScript(script, usedGlobalEnums, globals);
                 }, logToFile: true);
@@ -179,9 +177,12 @@ void RunLoop(string script, ScriptScope scope)
             });
         }
 
-        ICollection<string> GetPythonPaths()
+        ICollection<string> GetPythonPaths(IEnumerable<string> additionalPaths)
         {
-            return new Collection<string> { paths.GetApplicationPath("pylib") };
+            var pythonPaths = new Collection<string> { paths.GetApplicationPath("pylib") };
+            pythonPaths.AddRange(additionalPaths);
+           
+            return pythonPaths;
         }
 
         private void CatchThreadAbortedException(Action func)
diff --git a/FreePIE.GUI/Views/Main/Menu/MainMenuViewModel.cs b/FreePIE.GUI/Views/Main/Menu/MainMenuViewModel.cs
index 47b89c8a..d8998f0a 100644
--- a/FreePIE.GUI/Views/Main/Menu/MainMenuViewModel.cs
+++ b/FreePIE.GUI/Views/Main/Menu/MainMenuViewModel.cs
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ public void RunScript()
             PublishScriptStateChange();
 
             currentScriptEngine = scriptEngineFactory();
-            currentScriptEngine.Start(activeDocument.FileContent);
+
+            currentScriptEngine.Start(activeDocument.FileContent, activeDocument.FilePath);
         }
 
         public void StopScript()