diff --git a/utils/__init__.py b/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/utils/refresh-events.py b/utils/refresh_events.py
similarity index 77%
rename from utils/refresh-events.py
rename to utils/refresh_events.py
index 1e7b2b8..d498474 100755
--- a/utils/refresh-events.py
+++ b/utils/refresh_events.py
@@ -6,24 +6,38 @@ import caldav
 import vobject
 from datetime import datetime, date, time, timedelta
 import yaml
-import os
+import os, os.path
 
 
+# find out where events.ini lives; that's the project root dir 
+# check current working directory
+if os.path.isfile(os.getcwd() + '/events.ini'):
+  project_root = os.getcwd()
+# check this script's location dir 
+elif os.path.isfile(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/events.ini'):
+  project_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+# check parent dir of this script's dir   
+elif os.path.isfile(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/../events.ini'):
+  project_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/..'
+# OK no luck
+else:
+  print("Cannot find file 'events.ini'; aborting.")
+  exit(1)
+
 # read ini file
+print("project_root is %s" % project_root)
 cp = configparser.ConfigParser()
-cp.read('../events.ini')
+cp.read(project_root +  '/events.ini')
 server_url = cp["CalDAV"]["server_url"]
 cal_url = cp["CalDAV"]["cal_url"]
 cal_user = cp["CalDAV"]["cal_user"]
 cal_pass = cp["CalDAV"]["cal_pass"]
 
-print
-
-"""Category to filter events for. Only events that belong to this category will be processed."""
+# Category to filter events for. Only events that belong to this category will be processed.
 cal_category = "Veranstaltung"
-"""Name of the file the YAML data will be written to.""" 
-result_file = "../content/pages/termine.md"
-"""List of icalendar properties that will be passed on to Pelican. At this time, all properties are used except those regarding alarms.""" 
+# Name of the file the YAML data will be written to.
+result_file = project_root + '/content/pages/termine.md'
+# List of icalendar properties that will be passed on to Pelican. At this time, all properties are used except those regarding alarms.
 cal_properties = [ # taken from ical specification
   # descriptive  
   "attach", "categories", "class", "comment", "description", "geo", "location", "percent-complete", "priority", "resources", "status", "summary",
@@ -40,9 +54,9 @@ cal_properties = [ # taken from ical specification
   # change management
   "created", "dtstamp", "last-modified", "sequence"
 ]
-"""List of icalendar properties that the vobject passes as either datetime.datetime or datetime.date objects. To be able to compare any two objects, the script makes each one aware and/or converts into datetime.datetime if necessary. Default timezone is the system timezone; default time is 23:59:59."""  
+#List of icalendar properties that the vobject passes as either datetime.datetime or datetime.date objects. To be able to compare any two objects, the script makes each one aware and/or converts into datetime.datetime if necessary. Default timezone is the system timezone; default time is 23:59:59.  
 cal_prop_datetimes = ["dtend", "due", "dtstart", "duration", "dtstamp", "last-modified"]
-"""Current time as an aware datetime.datetime object.""" 
+# Current time as an aware datetime.datetime object.
 now = datetime.now().astimezone()