diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index a56856e..6066049 100755
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ bot = Bot()
 print 'Loading plugins'
 
 # bootstrap the reloader
-eval(compile(open('core/reload.py', 'U').read(), 'core/reload.py', 'exec'))
+eval(compile(open(os.path.join('core', 'reload.py'), 'U').read(), 
+    os.path.join('core', 'reload.py'), 'exec'))
 reload(init=True)
 
 print 'Connecting to IRC'
diff --git a/core/reload.py b/core/reload.py
index dadec02..80510bf 100644
--- a/core/reload.py
+++ b/core/reload.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import glob
 import collections
-import traceback
+import glob
+import os
 import sys
+import traceback
 
 if 'mtimes' not in globals():
     mtimes = {}
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ def reload(init=False):
     if init:
         bot.plugs = collections.defaultdict(lambda: [])
 
-    for filename in glob.glob("core/*.py"):
+    for filename in glob.glob(os.path.join("core", "*.py")):
         mtime = os.stat(filename).st_mtime
         if mtime != mtimes.get(filename):
             mtimes[filename] = mtime
@@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ def reload(init=False):
                     sys.exit()  #   script on startup
                 continue
 
-            if filename == 'core/reload.py':
+            if filename == os.path.join('core', 'reload.py'):
                 reload(init=init)
                 return
 
-    fileset = set(glob.glob("plugins/*py"))
+    fileset = set(glob.glob(os.path.join('plugins', '*py')))
     for name, data in bot.plugs.iteritems(): # remove deleted/moved plugins
         bot.plugs[name] = filter(lambda x: x[0][0] in fileset, data)
 
diff --git a/plugins/log.py b/plugins/log.py
index ce27906..339fdf3 100644
--- a/plugins/log.py
+++ b/plugins/log.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ irc_color_re = re.compile(r'(\x03(\d+,\d+|\d)|[\x0f\x02\x16\x1f])')
 
 
 def get_log_filename(dir, server, chan):
+    if chan.startswith(':'):
+        chan = chan[1:]
     return os.path.join(dir, 'log', gmtime('%Y'), server,
             gmtime('%%s.%m-%d.log') % chan).lower()
 
@@ -53,7 +55,6 @@ def beautify(input):
     args['msg'] = irc_color_re.sub('', args['msg'])
 
     if input.command == 'PRIVMSG' and input.msg.count('\x01') >= 2:
-        #ctcp
         ctcp = input.msg.split('\x01', 2)[1].split(' ', 1)
         if len(ctcp) == 1:
             ctcp += ['']