diff --git a/application/utils.inc.php b/application/utils.inc.php
index 934a7a874..e1a000c82 100644
--- a/application/utils.inc.php
+++ b/application/utils.inc.php
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ class utils
 
 		$sCurrentScript = realpath($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']);
 		$sCurrentScript = str_replace('\\', '/', $sCurrentScript); // canonical path
-		$sAppRoot = str_replace('\\', '/', APPROOT); // canonical path
+		$sAppRoot = str_replace('\\', '/', realpath(APPROOT)); // canonical path
 		$sCurrentRelativePath = str_replace($sAppRoot, '', $sCurrentScript);
 	
 		$sAppRootPos = strpos($sAbsoluteUrl, $sCurrentRelativePath);