diff --git a/lib/cdist/path.py b/lib/cdist/path.py
index 5d72a23a..69bc5496 100644
--- a/lib/cdist/path.py
+++ b/lib/cdist/path.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Path:
         if base_dir:
             self.base_dir = base_dir
         else:
-            self.base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir))
+            self.base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir, os.pardir))
 
         self.temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()