diff --git a/vision/cloud-client/quickstart/quickstart.py b/vision/cloud-client/quickstart/quickstart.py
index 8bb674eb118..a8c7a5f23ef 100644
--- a/vision/cloud-client/quickstart/quickstart.py
+++ b/vision/cloud-client/quickstart/quickstart.py
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ def run_quickstart():
     # [END vision_python_migration_client]
 
     # The name of the image file to annotate
-    file_name = os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(__file__),
-        'resources/wakeupcat.jpg')
+    file_name = os.path.abspath('resources/wakeupcat.jpg')
 
     # Loads the image into memory
     with io.open(file_name, 'rb') as image_file: