diff --git a/include/crucible/fd.h b/include/crucible/fd.h
index f905812..6890417 100644
--- a/include/crucible/fd.h
+++ b/include/crucible/fd.h
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ namespace crucible {
 
         typedef ResourceHandle<int, IOHandle> Fd;
 
+	static string __relative_path;
+	void set_relative_path(string path);
+	string relative_path();
+
 	// Functions named "foo_or_die" throw exceptions on failure.
 
 	// Attempt to open the file with the given mode
diff --git a/lib/fd.cc b/lib/fd.cc
index be6177b..257ed56 100644
--- a/lib/fd.cc
+++ b/lib/fd.cc
@@ -527,6 +527,22 @@ namespace crucible {
 		THROW_ERROR(runtime_error, "readlink: maximum buffer size exceeded");
 	}
 
+	string
+	relative_path()
+	{
+		return __relative_path;
+	}
+
+	void
+	set_relative_path(string path)
+	{
+		path = path + "/";
+		for (string::size_type i = path.find("//"); i != string::npos; i = path.find("//")) {
+			path.erase(i, 1);
+		}
+		__relative_path = path;
+	}
+
 	// Turn a FD into a human-recognizable filename OR an error message.
 	string
 	name_fd(int fd)
@@ -534,7 +550,12 @@ namespace crucible {
 		try {
 			ostringstream oss;
 			oss << "/proc/self/fd/" << fd;
-			return readlink_or_die(oss.str());
+			string path = readlink_or_die(oss.str());
+			if (!__relative_path.empty() && 0 == path.find(__relative_path))
+			{
+				path.erase(0, __relative_path.length());
+			}
+			return path;
 		} catch (exception &e) {
 			return string(e.what());
 		}
diff --git a/scripts/beesd.conf.sample b/scripts/beesd.conf.sample
index 53060fa..ee1413a 100644
--- a/scripts/beesd.conf.sample
+++ b/scripts/beesd.conf.sample
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
 # BEESHOME="$MNT_DIR/.beeshome"
 # BEESSTATUS="$WORK_DIR/$UUID.status"
 
-## Make path shorter in logs
-# LOG_SHORT_PATH=N
-
-## Remove timestamp from bees output
-# LOG_FILTER_TIME=N
+## Default options to apply, see --help for details
+# OPTIONS="--relative-paths --notimestamps"
 
 ## Bees DB size
 # Hash Table Sizing
diff --git a/scripts/beesd.in b/scripts/beesd.in
index 044fc98..b4c466b 100755
--- a/scripts/beesd.in
+++ b/scripts/beesd.in
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ MNT_DIR="${MNT_DIR:-$WORK_DIR/mnt/$UUID}"
 BEESHOME="${BEESHOME:-$MNT_DIR/.beeshome}"
 BEESSTATUS="${BEESSTATUS:-$WORK_DIR/$UUID.status}"
 DB_SIZE="${DB_SIZE:-$((64*AL16M))}"
-LOG_SHORT_PATH="${LOG_SHORT_PATH:-N}"
 
 INFO "Check: Disk exists"
 if [ ! -b "/dev/disk/by-uuid/$UUID" ]; then
@@ -116,14 +115,4 @@ fi
 
 MNT_DIR="${MNT_DIR//\/\//\/}"
 
-filter_path(){
-    if YN $LOG_SHORT_PATH; then
-        sed -e "s#$MNT_DIR##g"
-    else
-        cat
-    fi
-}
-
-@LIBEXEC_PREFIX@/bees ${ARGUMENTS[@]} $OPTIONS "$MNT_DIR" 3>&1 2>&1 | filter_path
-
-exit 0
+cd $MNT_DIR && exec @LIBEXEC_PREFIX@/bees ${ARGUMENTS[@]} $OPTIONS "$MNT_DIR"
diff --git a/src/bees.cc b/src/bees.cc
index 63a39db..ea3e10c 100644
--- a/src/bees.cc
+++ b/src/bees.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ do_cmd_help(char *argv[])
 		"\t-h, --help\t\tShow this help\n"
 		"\t-t, --timestamps\tShow timestamps in log output (default)\n"
 		"\t-T, --notimestamps\tOmit timestamps in log output\n"
+		"\t-p, --absolute-paths\tShow absolute paths (default)\n"
+		"\t-P, --relative-paths\tShow paths relative to $CWD\n"
 		"\n"
 		"Optional environment variables:\n"
 		"\tBEESHOME\tPath to hash table and configuration files\n"
@@ -597,6 +599,8 @@ bees_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	THROW_CHECK1(invalid_argument, argc, argc >= 0);
 
+	string cwd(readlink_or_die("/proc/self/cwd"));
+
 	// Defaults
 	bool chatter_prefix_timestamp = true;
 
@@ -605,12 +609,14 @@ bees_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	while (1) {
 		int option_index = 0;
 		static struct option long_options[] = {
-			{ "timestamps",   no_argument, NULL, 't' },
-			{ "notimestamps", no_argument, NULL, 'T' },
-			{ "help",         no_argument, NULL, 'h' }
+			{ "timestamps",     no_argument, NULL, 't' },
+			{ "notimestamps",   no_argument, NULL, 'T' },
+			{ "absolute-paths", no_argument, NULL, 'p' },
+			{ "relative-paths", no_argument, NULL, 'P' },
+			{ "help",           no_argument, NULL, 'h' }
 		};
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Tth", long_options, &option_index);
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "TtPph", long_options, &option_index);
 		if (-1 == c) {
 			break;
 		}
@@ -622,6 +628,12 @@ bees_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			case 't':
 				chatter_prefix_timestamp = true;
 				break;
+			case 'P':
+				crucible::set_relative_path(cwd);
+				break;
+			case 'p':
+				crucible::set_relative_path("");
+				break;
 			case 'h':
 				do_cmd_help(argv); // fallthrough
 			default:
@@ -631,6 +643,10 @@ bees_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	Chatter::enable_timestamp(chatter_prefix_timestamp);
 
+	if (!relative_path().empty()) {
+		BEESLOG("using relative path " << relative_path() << "\n");
+	}
+
 	// Create a context and start crawlers
 	bool did_subscription = false;
 	while (optind < argc) {