diff --git a/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java b/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
index 402535e2..1add0caf 100644
--- a/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
+++ b/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
@@ -43,10 +43,8 @@ public class EffectsParser {
     }
     public static String[] readLines(String filename) throws IOException {
         File effectsCfg = new File(EffectsPath);
-        for(String line : effectsCfg.list()){
-            int i = 0;
-        }
-        return effectsCfg.list();
+        File absolute = new File(effectsCfg.getAbsolutePath());
+        return absolute.list();
 
 
         //FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(filename);