diff --git a/bin/auth_ejabberd.php b/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
index 2bffc9ce0a..c44cd65ff6 100755
--- a/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
+++ b/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ chdir(dirname(__FILE__, 2));
 
 require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
-$dice = (new Dice())->addRules(include __DIR__ . '/../static/dependencies.config.php');
+$dice = (new Dice())->addRules(require(dirname(__FILE__, 2) . '/static/dependencies.config.php'));
 /** @var \Friendica\Core\Addon\Capability\ICanLoadAddons $addonLoader */
 $addonLoader = $dice->create(\Friendica\Core\Addon\Capability\ICanLoadAddons::class);
 $dice = $dice->addRules($addonLoader->getActiveAddonConfig('dependencies'));