diff --git a/config/defaults.php b/config/defaults.php
index 0c8c0eab..d4241418 100644
--- a/config/defaults.php
+++ b/config/defaults.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use Cake\Core\Plugin;
 
 // The function `parse_ini_file` may be disabled
-$assets = parse_ini_string(file_get_contents('asset_compress.ini'), true);
+$assets = parse_ini_string(file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__) . '/asset_compress.ini'), true);
 
 // Fix the CrudView local.css file for use Html::css()
 foreach ($assets['crudview.css']['files'] as $i => $file) {