diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e53208..24042d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ UNDER WORK
 RECENT CHANGES
 --------------
 
+- Added path detection for exclude list file
 - Added a simple init script working for RHEL / CentOS and an install script
 - Fixed an issue with MacOSX using rsync -E differently than other *nix (Thanks to Pierre Clement)
 - Multislave asynchronous task support (Thanks to Ulrich Norbisrath)
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 8b4ece3..8b38309 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 ## Please adapt this to fit your distro needs
 
 mkdir /etc/osync
-cp ./sync.conf /etc/osync
+cp ./sync.conf /etc/osync/sync.conf.example
+cp ./exclude.list.example /etc/osync
 cp ./osync.sh /usr/local/bin
 cp ./osync-srv /etc/init.d
 
diff --git a/osync.sh b/osync.sh
index 6b5e658..1f574f9 100755
--- a/osync.sh
+++ b/osync.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PROGRAM="Osync" # Rsync based two way sync engine with fault tolerance
 AUTHOR="(L) 2013-2014 by Orsiris \"Ozy\" de Jong"
 CONTACT="http://www.netpower.fr/osync - ozy@netpower.fr"
 PROGRAM_VERSION=0.99preRC3
-PROGRAM_BUILD=2105201401
+PROGRAM_BUILD=2205201401
 
 ## allow debugging from command line with preceding ocsync with DEBUG=yes
 if [ ! "$DEBUG" == "yes" ]
@@ -744,6 +744,12 @@ function RsyncExcludeFrom
 {
 	if [ ! $RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM == "" ] && [ -e $RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM ]
 	then
+		## Check if the exclude list has a full path, and if not, add the config file path if there is one
+		if [ "$(basename $RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM)" == "$RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM" ]
+		then
+			$RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM=$(dirname $cfgfile)/$RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM
+		fi
+
 		RSYNC_EXCLUDE="$RSYNC_EXCLUDE --exclude-from=\"$RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM\""
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/sync.conf b/sync.conf
index 84a62bc..0bc835f 100755
--- a/sync.conf
+++ b/sync.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ###### Osync - Rsync based two way sync engine with fault tolerance
 ###### (L) 2013-2014 by Orsiris "Ozy" de Jong (www.netpower.fr)
-###### Config file rev 2105201401
+###### Config file rev 2205201401
 
 ## ---------- GENERAL OPTIONS
 
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ LOGFILE=""
 ## Paths are relative to sync dirs. List elements are separated by a semicolon.
 RSYNC_EXCLUDE_PATTERN="tmp;archives"
 ## File that contains the list of directories or files to exclude from sync on both sides. Leave this empty if you don't want to use an exclusion file.
+## This file has to be in the same directory as the config file
 ## Paths are relative to sync dirs. One element per line.
-RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM="exclude.list"
+RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM=""
+#RSYNC_EXCLUDE_FROM="exclude.list"
 ## List elements separator char.  You may set an alternative seperator char for your directories lists above.
 PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR=";"