diff --git a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
index 0ce87b47..9b3b7f0b 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ def get_config(file_name, fallback = True):
         # the config directory for us so there's no need to check it
         # again
         example_path = '/usr/share/python-fpdb/' + file_name + '.example'
+        if not os.path.exists(example_path):
+            if os.path.exists(file_name + '.example'):
+                example_path = file_name + '.example'
+            else:
+                example_path = "pyfpdb/" + file_name + '.example'
         if not config_found and fallback:
             try:
                 shutil.copyfile(example_path, config_path)
@@ -735,7 +740,7 @@ class Config:
 #sys.exc_info = (<class 'xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError'>, ExpatError('not well-formed (invalid token): line 511,
 # column 4',), <traceback object at 0x024503A0>)
 
-            if not self.example_copy and example_file is not None:
+            if (not self.example_copy) and (example_file is not None):
                 # reads example file and adds missing elements into current config
                 added = self.add_missing_elements(doc, example_file)