diff --git a/hpvm/docs/conf.py b/hpvm/docs/conf.py
index 238128340d5c52a12343175f4d132f973862decf..1dff523f69b5c69a69bd69f6b9b37a2eb9774bba 100644
--- a/hpvm/docs/conf.py
+++ b/hpvm/docs/conf.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ from datetime import date
 #
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
-sys.path.insert(0, Path("../projects/hpvm-profiler").absolute().as_posix())
+this_folder = Path(__file__).parent
+sys.path.insert(0, (this_folder / "../projects/hpvm-profiler").absolute().as_posix())
 
 # General configuration
 # ---------------------