diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f191d636..1715745a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ Your results will be in `~/src/mkxp-z/build` . You can type `open ~/src/mkxp-z/b
 sudo apt install build-essential git bison cmake meson autoconf libtool \
 pkg-config xxd libsdl2* libvorbisfile3 libvorbis-dev libpixman-1* \
 libboost-program-options1.65* libopenal1*  libopenal-dev zlib1g* \
-fluidsynth libfluidsynth-dev libsigc++-2.0* libogg-dev libboost-filesystem1.65*
+fluidsynth libfluidsynth-dev libsigc++-2.0* libogg-dev
 ```
 
 3. Build the rest from source:
diff --git a/src/filesystem.cpp b/src/filesystem.cpp
index 460e542b..8cae85e0 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/filesystem.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern "C"{
 
 #include <SDL_sound.h>
 
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -726,13 +727,16 @@ char* FileSystem::normalize(const char *pathname, bool preferred, bool absolute)
 	if (cwk_path_is_relative(pathname) && absolute)
 	{
 		path_abs = new char[512];
-		char *bp = SDL_GetBasePath();
+		char bp[512] = {0};
+		getcwd(bp, 512);
 		cwk_path_join(bp, pathname, path_abs, 512);
-		SDL_free(bp);
 	}
 	
+	char test[512] = {0};
+	getcwd(test, 512);
+	Debug() << test;
 	cwk_path_normalize((path_abs) ? path_abs : (char*)pathname, path_nml, 512);
-    if (path_abs) delete path_abs;
+	if (path_abs) delete path_abs;
 	return path_nml;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index bf9d2509..3c62f273 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ sdl2_image = dependency('SDL2_image')
 sdl_sound = dependency('SDL_sound')
 opengl = dependency('GL')
 
-boost = dependency('boost', version: '>=1.49', modules: ['system', 'program_options', 'filesystem'])
+boost = dependency('boost', version: '>=1.49', modules: 'program_options')
 openal = dependency('openal')
 zlib = dependency('zlib')