diff --git a/extract-emails.py b/extract-emails.py
index f56c540..fe3b456 100755
--- a/extract-emails.py
+++ b/extract-emails.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os
 os.nice(20)
 
 # Activate the virtualenv
-path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath( __file__ ))
+path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath( __file__ ))
 activate_this = os.path.join(path, 'env/bin/activate_this.py')
 execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
 
diff --git a/run-cron.py b/run-cron.py
index 5a26e08..ba68678 100755
--- a/run-cron.py
+++ b/run-cron.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import os
 
 # Activate the virtualenv
-path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath( __file__ ))
+path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath( __file__ ))
 os.chdir(path)
 activate_this = os.path.join(path, 'env/bin/activate_this.py')
 execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
diff --git a/update-directors.py b/update-directors.py
index b56e86d..76cce57 100755
--- a/update-directors.py
+++ b/update-directors.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os
 os.nice(20)
 
 # Activate the virtualenv
-path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath( __file__ ))
+path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath( __file__ ))
 activate_this = os.path.join(path, 'env/bin/activate_this.py')
 execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))