diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 1daf4a2..0f2289c 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pre and post jobs
 
 Jobs are queued as follows:
 
-    require_once 'Resque.php';
+    require_once 'lib/Resque.php';
 
 	// Required if redis is located elsewhere
 	Resque::setBackend('localhost', 6379);
diff --git a/lib/Resque.php b/lib/Resque.php
index 705f1eb..3a04f18 100644
--- a/lib/Resque.php
+++ b/lib/Resque.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-require_once 'Resque/Exception.php';
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Resque/Exception.php';
 
 /**
  * Base Resque class.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Resque
 	{
 		list($host, $port) = explode(':', $server);
 
-		require_once 'Resque/Redis.php';
+		require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Resque/Redis.php';
 		self::$redis = new Resque_Redis($host, $port);
 	}
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class Resque
 	 */
 	public static function enqueue($queue, $class, $args = null, $trackStatus = false)
 	{
-		require_once 'Resque/Job.php';
+		require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Resque/Job.php';
 		return Resque_Job::create($queue, $class, $args, $trackStatus);
 	}
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Resque
 	 */
 	public static function reserve($queue)
 	{
-		require_once 'Resque/Job.php';
+		require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Resque/Job.php';
 		return Resque_Job::reserve($queue);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Failure.php b/lib/Resque/Failure.php
index cf10d49..56e0068 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Failure.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Failure.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-require_once 'Failure/Interface.php';
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Failure/Interface.php';
 
 /**
  * Failed Resque job.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Resque_Failure
 	public function getBackend()
 	{
 		if(self::$backend === null) {
-			require 'Failure/Redis.php';
+			require  dirname(__FILE__) . '/Failure/Redis.php';
 			self::$backend = 'Resque_Failure_Redis';
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Job.php b/lib/Resque/Job.php
index 375240a..afcea17 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Job.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Job.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-require_once 'Job/Status.php';
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Job/Status.php';
 
 /**
  * Resque job.
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Resque_Job
 	public function fail($exception)
 	{
 		$this->updateStatus(Resque_Job_Status::STATUS_FAILED);
-		require_once 'Failure.php';
+		require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Failure.php';
 		Resque_Failure::create(
 			$this->payload,
 			$exception,
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Worker.php b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
index 6779470..2f4a1e0 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Worker.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
-require_once 'Stat.php';
-require_once 'Job.php';
-require_once 'Job/DirtyExitException.php';
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Stat.php';
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Job.php';
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Job/DirtyExitException.php';
 
 /**
  * Resque worker that handles checking queues for jobs, fetching them