diff --git a/handlers/web2py_on_gevent.py b/handlers/web2py_on_gevent.py
index 701e05e2..62be419c 100644
--- a/handlers/web2py_on_gevent.py
+++ b/handlers/web2py_on_gevent.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import sys
 import os
 import optparse
 
-if '__file__' in globals():
-    path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-elif hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
+if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
     path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.executable))
+elif '__file__' in globals():
+    path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 else:
     path = os.getcwd()
 os.chdir(path)
diff --git a/web2py.py b/web2py.py
index 59c02f9d..42ec1c22 100755
--- a/web2py.py
+++ b/web2py.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-if '__file__' in globals():
-    path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-elif hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
+if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
     path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.executable))  # for py2exe
+elif '__file__' in globals():
+    path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 else:  # should never happen
     path = os.getcwd()
 os.chdir(path)