diff --git a/private_includes/base/all.ily b/private_includes/base/all.ily
index 0b74ffc..ab3b8fc 100644
--- a/private_includes/base/all.ily
+++ b/private_includes/base/all.ily
@@ -21,8 +21,17 @@
     )))))
     (scm-load "resolve_inherits.scm")
     (scm-load "yaml_parser.scm")))
-#(define AUTHOR_DATA (if (defined? 'AUTHOR_DATA) AUTHOR_DATA (parse-yml-file "../../lilypond-song-includes/data/authors.yml")))
-#(define SONG_DATA (if (defined? 'SONG_DATA) SONG_DATA (parse-yml-file "../../lilypond-song-includes/data/songs.yml")))
+
+#(define (song-includes-data-path filename)
+  (string-join
+    (list
+      (dirname (dirname (dirname (dirname (current-filename)))))
+      "lilypond-song-includes"
+      "data"
+      filename)
+    file-name-separator-string))
+#(define AUTHOR_DATA (if (defined? 'AUTHOR_DATA) AUTHOR_DATA (parse-yml-file (song-includes-data-path "authors.yml"))))
+#(define SONG_DATA (if (defined? 'SONG_DATA) SONG_DATA (parse-yml-file (song-includes-data-path "songs.yml"))))
 
 \include "merge_rests_engraver_override.ily"
 \include "basic_format_and_style_settings.ily"