diff --git a/genapp/src/plugin-resources/src/pom/project.xml b/genapp/src/plugin-resources/src/pom/project.xml
index 08df0884..7687c413 100644
--- a/genapp/src/plugin-resources/src/pom/project.xml
+++ b/genapp/src/plugin-resources/src/pom/project.xml
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
   <!-- build information for the project -->
   <build>
     <nagEmailAddress>turbine-maven-dev@jakarta.apache.org</nagEmailAddress>
-    <sourceDirectory>src/java</sourceDirectory>
-    <unitTestSourceDirectory>src/test</unitTestSourceDirectory>
+    <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <unitTestSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/test</unitTestSourceDirectory>
 
     <unitTest>
       <includes>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
     <resources>
       <resource>
-        <directory>src/conf</directory>
+        <directory>${basedir}/src/conf</directory>
         <includes>
           <include>*.properties</include>
         </includes>