diff --git a/bots_api/bots_test_lib.py b/bots_api/bots_test_lib.py
index bac843a..0bbe33f 100644
--- a/bots_api/bots_test_lib.py
+++ b/bots_api/bots_test_lib.py
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ class BotTestCase(TestCase):
         # handler class. Eventually, we want bot's handler classes to
         # inherit from a common prototype specifying the handle_message
         # function.
-        bot_module_path = os.path.join(
-            current_dir, "bots", self.bot_name, self.bot_name + ".py")
+        bot_module_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(
+            current_dir, '..', 'bots', self.bot_name, self.bot_name + '.py'))
         lib_module = get_lib_module(bot_module_path)
         return lib_module.handler_class()
 
diff --git a/bots_api/run.py b/bots_api/run.py
index 73d8438..f6e2f5a 100755
--- a/bots_api/run.py
+++ b/bots_api/run.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def get_lib_module(bots_fn):
         print('Please use a .py extension for library files.')
         sys.exit(1)
     base_bots_fn = os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(bots_fn)[0])
-    sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(bots_fn))
+    sys.path.insert(1, os.path.dirname(bots_fn))
     module_name = base_bots_fn
     module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
     return module