diff --git a/boxcl.tcl b/boxcl.tcl
index f85f167..5dff6a6 100755
--- a/boxcl.tcl
+++ b/boxcl.tcl
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 package require textutil
 package require Tk
 
+set scriptpath [ file normalize [ info script ] ]
+set appdir [ file dirname $scriptpath ]
+# check if we're running from a starpack
+if [string match *app-boxcl $appdir] {
+  set appdir [ file normalize [ file join $appdir ".." ".." ".." ] ]
+}
+set leveldir [ file join $appdir "levelsets" ]
+
 # hardcoded tile sizes
 set tilew 64
 set tileh 64
@@ -265,11 +273,12 @@ proc prevlevel {} {
 
 # open a levelsetfile
 proc openlevel {} {
+  global leveldir
   set types {
     {{Plain text levelset} {.txt} TEXT}
     {{Sokoban YASC levelset} {.sok} TEXT}
   }
-  return [tk_getOpenFile -filetypes $types -title {Choose a Sokoban levelset file}]
+  return [tk_getOpenFile -initialdir $leveldir -filetypes $types -title {Choose a Sokoban levelset file}]
 }
 
 # define the tiles