diff --git a/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php b/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
index bac1cef18..5788a5dc0 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ namespace pocketmine {
 
 	$opts = getopt("", ["data:", "plugins:", "no-wizard", "enable-profiler"]);
 
-	define('pocketmine\DATA', isset($opts["data"]) ? $opts["data"] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR : \getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
-	define('pocketmine\PLUGIN_PATH', isset($opts["plugins"]) ? $opts["plugins"] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR : \getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "plugins" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+	define('pocketmine\DATA', isset($opts["data"]) ? $opts["data"] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR : \realpath(\getcwd()) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+	define('pocketmine\PLUGIN_PATH', isset($opts["plugins"]) ? $opts["plugins"] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR : \realpath(\getcwd()) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "plugins" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 
 	Terminal::init();