diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra.pm b/src/lib/Hydra.pm
index 3ce87bb5..6d85f3a9 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra.pm
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use parent 'Catalyst';
 use Moose;
 use Hydra::Plugin;
 use Hydra::Model::DB;
-use Hydra::Config;
 use Catalyst::Runtime '5.70';
 use Catalyst qw/ConfigLoader
                 Unicode::Encoding
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->config(
     },
     'Plugin::ConfigLoader' => {
         driver => {
-            'General' => \%configGeneralOpts
+            'General' => \%Hydra::Config::configGeneralOpts
         }
     },
     'Plugin::PrometheusTiny' => {
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Config.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Config.pm
index 8110c2ba..a681f1c0 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Config.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Config.pm
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 package Hydra::Config;
 
-use strict;
-use Exporter;
-
-our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
-our @EXPORT = qw(%configGeneralOpts);
-
-my %configGeneralOpts = (-UseApacheInclude => 1, -IncludeAgain => 1);
+our %configGeneralOpts = (-UseApacheInclude => 1, -IncludeAgain => 1, -IncludeRelative => 1);
 
 1;
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/Nix.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/Nix.pm
index 6c0c0497..f5fff2a9 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/Nix.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/Nix.pm
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ my $hydraConfig;
 sub getHydraConfig {
     return $hydraConfig if defined $hydraConfig;
     my $conf = $ENV{"HYDRA_CONFIG"} || (Hydra::Model::DB::getHydraPath . "/hydra.conf");
+    my %opts = (%Hydra::Config::configGeneralOpts, -ConfigFile => $conf);
     if (-f $conf) {
 
         # Please keep these options in sync with corresponding
         # `Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader` configuration in `Hydra.pm`
         # This is necessary in order to maintain consistent interpretation
         # of the config by the various hydra components.
-        my %h = new Config::General( -ConfigFile => $conf
-                                   , %configGeneralOpts )->getall;
+        my %h = new Config::General(%opts)->getall;
 
         $hydraConfig = \%h;
     } else {