diff --git a/program/nikto.pl b/program/nikto.pl
index 2cb07f9..323e666 100755
--- a/program/nikto.pl
+++ b/program/nikto.pl
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@
     # Use RealBin to get absolute path even if script was invoked via symlink
     my $NIKTODIR = $FindBin::RealBin || $FindBin::Bin;
     $NIKTODIR = File::Spec->rel2abs($NIKTODIR) if defined $NIKTODIR;
+    $NIKTODIR =~ s#[\\/]bin$##;
 
     # Guess user's home directory -- to support Windows
     foreach my $var (split(/ /, "HOME USERPROFILE")) {
@@ -280,8 +281,8 @@
     # Priority: --config option > local configs > user home > system-wide
     push(@CF, "$VARIABLES{'configfile'}")
       if defined $VARIABLES{'configfile'} && $VARIABLES{'configfile'} ne "";
-    push(@CF, File::Spec->catfile($NIKTODIR, "nikto.conf"))         if defined $NIKTODIR;
-    push(@CF, File::Spec->catfile($NIKTODIR, "nikto.conf.default")) if defined $NIKTODIR;
+    push(@CF, File::Spec->catfile($NIKTODIR, "etc", "nikto.conf"))         if defined $NIKTODIR;
+    push(@CF, File::Spec->catfile($NIKTODIR, "etc", "nikto.conf.default")) if defined $NIKTODIR;
     push(@CF, "nikto.conf");
     push(@CF, File::Spec->catfile($home, "nikto.conf")) if defined $home;