diff --git a/trunk/compileinfo.sh b/trunk/compileinfo.sh
index d63ec14..54e37f5 100755
--- a/trunk/compileinfo.sh
+++ b/trunk/compileinfo.sh
@@ -1,39 +1,45 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+PWD=""
+if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+  PWD="$1"
+  PWD="${PWD%/}/"
+fi
+
 echo '// Automatically generated file. See project file and compileinfo.sh for further informations.'
 #head -n 1 debian/changelog | awk '{
 #                                    Version = $2
 #                                    gsub ("\\(", "", Version)
 #                                    gsub ("\\)", "", Version)
 #                                    print "const char *pCompileInfoVersion   = \"" Version "\";"}'
 
 echo '#define APP_NAME "fred"'
 echo '#define APP_TITLE "Forensic Registry EDitor (fred)"'
 echo '#define APP_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (c) 2011 by Gillen Daniel"'
 echo '#define APP_DEVELOPPER_EMAIL "gillen.dan@pinguin.lu"'
 echo '#define APP_DESCRIPTION "Forensic Registry EDitor (fred) is a cross-platform M$ registry hive editor with special feautures useful during forensic analysis."'
 date '+#define APP_COMPILETIME "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S"'
 
 GOT_VERSION=0
 
-if [[ $GOT_VERSION -eq 0 && -f debian/changelog ]]; then
+if [[ $GOT_VERSION -eq 0 && -f "$PWD"debian/changelog ]]; then
   # Get version and release timestamp from debian/changelog file
   CUR_LINE=0
   while read LINE; do
     CUR_LINE=$(($CUR_LINE+1))
     if [ $CUR_LINE -eq 1 ]; then
       # first line contains version
       echo "$LINE" | awk '{ Version = $2
                             gsub ("\\(", "", Version)
                             gsub ("\\)", "", Version)
                             print "#define APP_VERSION \"" Version "\"" }'
       break
     fi
-  done <debian/changelog
+  done <"$PWD"debian/changelog
   GOT_VERSION=1
 fi
 
 if [ $GOT_VERSION -eq 0 ]; then
   echo '#define APP_VERSION "0.0.0alpha0"'
 fi