diff --git a/image_classifier/image_classifier.py b/image_classifier/image_classifier.py
index c2276a0..1a82280 100755
--- a/image_classifier/image_classifier.py
+++ b/image_classifier/image_classifier.py
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ class image_classifier:
                 for entry in faces_items:
                     if not entry.name.startswith('.') and entry.is_file():
                         person = dict()
-                        person['filename'] = face_recognition.load_image_file(entry.name)
-                        person['name'] = os.path.splitext(entry.name)[0]
+                        person['filename'] = face_recognition.load_image_file(self.faces_directory + os.sep + entry.name)
+                        person['name'] = os.path.splitext(self.faces_directory + os.sep + entry.name)[0]
                         person['encoding'] = face_recognition.face_encodings(person['filename'])[0]
                         known_people.append(person)
         return known_people