diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index dfc890f..5215c2d 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "hcatPath": "/path/to/hate_crack",
+  "hcatPath": "/path/to/hashcat",
   "hcatBin": "hashcat",
   "hcatTuning": "--force --remove",
   "hcatPotfilePath": "~/.hashcat/hashcat.potfile",
diff --git a/hate_crack/main.py b/hate_crack/main.py
index 325842f..c889562 100755
--- a/hate_crack/main.py
+++ b/hate_crack/main.py
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ def ensure_binary(binary_path, build_dir=None, name=None):
 # But hashcat-utils and princeprocessor should ALWAYS use hate_path
 hcatPath = config_parser.get("hcatPath", "") or hate_path
 hcatBin = config_parser["hcatBin"]
+# If hcatBin is not absolute and hcatPath is set, construct full path from hcatPath + hcatBin
+if not os.path.isabs(hcatBin) and hcatPath:
+    _candidate = os.path.join(hcatPath, hcatBin)
+    if os.path.isfile(_candidate):
+        hcatBin = _candidate
 hcatTuning = config_parser["hcatTuning"]
 hcatWordlists = config_parser["hcatWordlists"]
 hcatOptimizedWordlists = config_parser["hcatOptimizedWordlists"]