diff --git a/make_bar_graph.py b/make_bar_graph.py
index a2b16ee..9f4cf0f 100644
--- a/make_bar_graph.py
+++ b/make_bar_graph.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class BarGraph:
 
     def build_graph(self):
 
-        with open('./colors.json') as f:
+        with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'colors.json')) as f:
             colors = json.load(f)
         allColorsValues = []