diff --git a/main.sh b/main.sh
index d5b67ae..177111f 100755
--- a/main.sh
+++ b/main.sh
@@ -8,16 +8,17 @@
 # -p is a path to write the jpg to
 #    alternativly you can write the path into PICTURE_PATH
 set -E -o pipefail
-#shopt -s failglob
+set -x
 export LC_ALL='C.UTF8'
 
-P_PATH="./label.jpg"
-I_TEXT="$(cat ./text.pango)"
+export SCRIPT_DIR="$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)"
+
+P_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/label.jpg"
+I_TEXT="$(cat "$SCRIPT_DIR"/text.pango 2>/dev/null || echo 'example text')"
 
 P_PATH="${PICTURE_PATH:-$P_PATH}"
 I_TEXT="${IMAGE_TEXT:-$I_TEXT}"
 
-
 while getopts "p:t:" opt
 do
    case "$opt" in