diff --git a/le.sh b/le.sh
index b3ed7cab..7544f7f3 100755
--- a/le.sh
+++ b/le.sh
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ _apachePath() {
   httpdconfname="$(apachectl -V | grep SERVER_CONFIG_FILE= | cut -d = -f 2 | tr -d '"' )"
   if [[ "$httpdconfname" == '/'* ]] ; then
     httpdconf="$httpdconfname"
+    httpdconfname="$(basename $httpdconfname)"
   else
     httpdroot="$(apachectl -V | grep HTTPD_ROOT= | cut -d = -f 2 | tr -d '"' )"
     httpdconf="$httpdroot/$httpdconfname"