diff --git a/db-log-addOn.js b/db-log-addOn.js
index 4d08dc2..055f64d 100644
--- a/db-log-addOn.js
+++ b/db-log-addOn.js
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ export default class DBLogPlayerTime extends DBLog {
       if(((this.options.incseed*seeder.seedTime) - (this.options.decseed*(topTime-seeder.seedTime))) > 100) seedid.push(seeder);
     }
 
-    const lcladminpath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../../", this.options.whitelistfilepath);
+    const lcladminpath = path.resolve("../../../", this.options.whitelistfilepath);
+    this.verbose(1, "trying to write to directory: ", lcladminpath);
     if(!fs.existsSync(lcladminpath)) {
       this.verbose(1, "WARNING: auto whitelist admins file not found");
       return;