diff --git a/mesaport/ProjectOps/project_ops.py b/mesaport/ProjectOps/project_ops.py
index e8bbb35..b4362f2 100644
--- a/mesaport/ProjectOps/project_ops.py
+++ b/mesaport/ProjectOps/project_ops.py
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ def runGyre(self, gyre_in, files='all', wdir=None, data_format="GYRE", silent=Tr
         """
         if wdir is not None:
             wdir = os.path.abspath(wdir)
+        gyre_in = os.path.abspath(gyre_in)
 
         if 'GYRE_DIR' in os.environ:
             gyre_ex = os.path.join(os.environ['GYRE_DIR'], "bin", "gyre")