diff --git a/src/libprs500/__init__.py b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
index db1312d379..d494b1ac87 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/__init__.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ##    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 ##    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 ''' E-book management software'''
-__version__   = "0.3.75"
+__version__   = "0.3.76"
 __docformat__ = "epytext"
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"
 __appname__   = 'libprs500'
diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/lit/convert_from.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/lit/convert_from.py
index 9c63b6e9e5..84a829826d 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/lit/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/lit/convert_from.py
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ def main(args=sys.argv):
             htmlfile = l[0]
         if not options.output:
             ext = '.lrs' if options.lrs else '.lrf'
-            options.output = os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(args[1])[0]) + ext  
+            options.output = os.path.abspath(os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(args[1])[0]) + ext)
+        else:
+            options.output = os.path.abspath(options.output)  
         process_file(htmlfile, options)         
     finally:
         shutil.rmtree(tdir)
diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/rtf/convert_from.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/rtf/convert_from.py
index ccf11093bd..5d214f3d40 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/rtf/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/rtf/convert_from.py
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ def main(args=sys.argv):
     try:
         if not options.output:
             ext = '.lrs' if options.lrs else '.lrf'
-            options.output = os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(args[1])[0]) + ext 
+            options.output = os.path.abspath(os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(args[1])[0]) + ext)
+        else:
+            options.output = os.path.abspath(options.output)
         if (not options.title or options.title == 'Unknown') and mi.title:
             sys.argv.append('-t')
             sys.argv.append('"'+mi.title+'"')
diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/txt/convert_from.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/txt/convert_from.py
index a395f4c03f..f00a5877a3 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/txt/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/txt/convert_from.py
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ def main(args=sys.argv):
     options.force_page_break = 'h2'
     if not options.output:
         ext = '.lrs' if options.lrs else '.lrf'
-        options.output = os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(args[1])[0]) + ext                
+        options.output = os.path.abspath(os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(args[1])[0]) + ext)
+    else:
+        options.output = os.path.abspath(options.output)                
     
     process_file(htmlfile.name, options)