diff --color -ur a/program/nikto.pl b/program/nikto.pl
--- a/program/nikto.pl	2021-01-30 12:05:54.915072538 +0100
+++ b/program/nikto.pl	2021-01-30 12:36:42.877729231 +0100
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@
     # Guess Nikto current directory
     my $NIKTODIR = abs_path($0);
     chomp($NIKTODIR);
-    $NIKTODIR =~ s#[\\/]nikto.pl$##;
+    $NIKTODIR =~ s#[\\/]bin[\\/]\.nikto-wrapped$##;
+
 
     # Guess user's home directory -- to support Windows
     foreach my $var (split(/ /, "HOME USERPROFILE")) {
@@ -231,10 +232,10 @@
     }
 
     # Read the conf files in order (previous values are over-written with each, if multiple found)
-    push(@CF,"$NIKTODIR/nikto.conf.default");
+    push(@CF,"$NIKTODIR/etc/nikto.conf.default");
     push(@CF,"/etc/nikto.conf");
     push(@CF,"$home/nikto.conf");
-    push(@CF,"$NIKTODIR/nikto.conf");
+    push(@CF,"$NIKTODIR/etc/nikto.conf");
     push(@CF,"nikto.conf");
     push(@CF,"$VARIABLES{'configfile'}");