diff --git a/inc/http.h b/inc/http.h
index d29de81..2ead941 100644
--- a/inc/http.h
+++ b/inc/http.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include "utils.h"
 
-int http_server_start(char *conffile, bool stdout_dbg);
+int http_server_start(char *conffile, char *conf_wd,bool stdout_dbg);
diff --git a/inc/utils.h b/inc/utils.h
index ff22742..f978e01 100644
--- a/inc/utils.h
+++ b/inc/utils.h
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ void skeleton_daemon();
 void uts_logger(rfc3161_context *ct, int priority, char *fmt, ...);
 void log_hex(rfc3161_context *ct, int priority, char *id,
              unsigned char *content, int content_length);
-int set_params(rfc3161_context *ct, char *conf_file);
+int set_params(rfc3161_context *ct, char *conf_file, char *conf_wd);
 int g_uts_sig_up;
 int g_uts_sig;
diff --git a/src/cmd/uts-server.c b/src/cmd/uts-server.c
index b60277e..af9aff0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/uts-server.c
+++ b/src/cmd/uts-server.c
@@ -61,19 +61,27 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     args.daemonize = 0;
     args.stdout_dbg = 0;
     argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, 0, &args);
+    int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
     if (args.daemonize)
         skeleton_daemon();
 
+    // get the current path, the configuration can be relative to this path
+   char conf_wd[PATH_MAX];
+   if (getcwd(conf_wd, sizeof(conf_wd)) == NULL){
+        syslog(LOG_CRIT, "unable to get the current, uts-server start failed");
+	return EXIT_FAILURE;
+   }
+
+    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "uts-server daemon starting with conf '%s' from working dir '%s'", args.conffile, conf_wd);
+
     while (1) {
-        // TODO: Insert daemon code here.
-        syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "uts-server daemon starting.");
-        http_server_start(args.conffile, args.stdout_dbg);
+        ret = http_server_start(args.conffile, conf_wd, args.stdout_dbg);
         break;
     }
 
     syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "uts-server daemon terminated.");
     closelog();
 
-    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/http.c b/src/lib/http.c
index f53f127..654f8f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/http.c
+++ b/src/lib/http.c
@@ -128,15 +128,15 @@ int rfc3161_handler(struct mg_connection *conn, void *context) {
     return 1;
 }
 
-int http_server_start(char *conffile, bool stdout_dbg) {
+int http_server_start(char *conffile, char * conf_wd, bool stdout_dbg) {
     struct mg_context *ctx;
     struct mg_callbacks callbacks;
 
     rfc3161_context *ct = (rfc3161_context *)calloc(1, sizeof(rfc3161_context));
     ct->stdout_dbg = stdout_dbg;
     ct->loglevel = 8;
-    if (!set_params(ct, conffile))
-        return 1;
+    if (!set_params(ct, conffile, conf_wd))
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
     // Prepare callbacks structure. We have only one callback, the rest are
     // NULL.
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ int http_server_start(char *conffile, bool stdout_dbg) {
     ctx = mg_start(&callbacks, NULL, ct->http_options);
     mg_set_request_handler(ctx, "/", rfc3161_handler, (void *)ct);
 
-    // Wait until user hits "enter". Server is running in separate thread.
-    // Navigating to http://localhost:8080 will invoke begin_request_handler().
+    // Wait until some signals are received
     while ( g_uts_sig == 0 ){
 	sleep(1);
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.c b/src/lib/utils.c
index 691fa7f..7f57118 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.c
+++ b/src/lib/utils.c
@@ -217,11 +217,13 @@ static CONF *load_config_file(rfc3161_context *ct, const char *filename) {
     return NULL;
 }
 
-int set_params(rfc3161_context *ct, char *conf_file) {
+int set_params(rfc3161_context *ct, char *conf_file, char *conf_wd) {
     int ret = 0;
     CONF *conf = load_config_file(ct, conf_file);
     ret = 1;
     int http_counter = 0;
+
+    chdir(conf_wd);
     // first pass to set the loglevel as soon as possible
     for (int i = 0; i < RFC3161_OPTIONS_LEN; i++) {
         int type = rfc3161_options[i].type;
@@ -277,8 +279,10 @@ int set_params(rfc3161_context *ct, char *conf_file) {
     ct->ts_ctx = create_tsctx(ct, conf, NULL, NULL);
     if (ct->ts_ctx == NULL)
         ret = 0;
+    chdir("/");
     return ret;
 
 end:
+    chdir("/");
     return 0;
 }