From 5ffdca60ea8f6db8f1d2aa61b415582bcd30a179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Pinkard <7969470+henrypinkard@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:24:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix config path

---
 src/mmpycorex/_version.py | 2 +-
 src/mmpycorex/launcher.py | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/mmpycorex/_version.py b/src/mmpycorex/_version.py
index 8581854..5dd44d8 100644
--- a/src/mmpycorex/_version.py
+++ b/src/mmpycorex/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (0, 3, 6)
+version_info = (0, 3, 8)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))
diff --git a/src/mmpycorex/launcher.py b/src/mmpycorex/launcher.py
index c04536a..e894ad8 100644
--- a/src/mmpycorex/launcher.py
+++ b/src/mmpycorex/launcher.py
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ def create_core_instance(
     if mm_app_path == 'auto':
         mm_app_path = get_default_install_location()
 
+    # if config file is not an absolute path, assume it is relative to the mm_app_path
+    if not os.path.isabs(config_file):
+        config_file = os.path.join(mm_app_path, config_file)
+
     if python_backend:
         mmc = _create_pymmcore_instance()
         mmc.set_device_adapter_search_paths([mm_app_path])