diff --git a/js/encryption.js b/js/encryption.js
index 7df1bb37..029abe9a 100644
--- a/js/encryption.js
+++ b/js/encryption.js
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ function encryptWithKey(text,key) {
   return encrypted;
 }
 
+function getKeyFromPasswordSync(password,salt,length) {
+  var rounds = 500;
+  return crypto.pbkdf2Sync(password,salt,rounds,length,'sha256');
+}
+
 function getKeyFromPassword(password,salt,length,callback) {
   var rounds = 500;
   crypto.pbkdf2(password,salt,rounds,length,'sha256',(error, derivedKey) => {
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ function decryptWithKeyAndIV(text,key,iv) {
 exports.encryptWithKeyAndIV = encryptWithKeyAndIV;
 exports.decryptWithKeyAndIV = decryptWithKeyAndIV;
 exports.getKeyFromPassword = getKeyFromPassword;
+exports.getKeyFromPasswordSync = getKeyFromPasswordSync;
 exports.encryptWithKey = encryptWithKey;
 exports.decryptWithKey = decryptWithKey;
 
diff --git a/js/plugin-loader.js b/js/plugin-loader.js
index c661cc76..3e30dc0d 100644
--- a/js/plugin-loader.js
+++ b/js/plugin-loader.js
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ Plugin.prototype = {
             else {
               throw new Error (`No file name for data service`)
             }
+            // Make the relative path clear. process.cwd() is zlux-example-server/bin/
+            if (!path.isAbsolute(fileLocation)) {
+              fileLocation = path.join(process.cwd(),fileLocation);
+            }
             const nodeModule = require(fileLocation);
             dataservice.nodeModule = nodeModule;
           }
@@ -427,7 +431,11 @@ NodeAuthenticationPlugIn.prototype = {
   },
   
   init(context) {
-    const filepath = path.join(this.location, 'lib', this.filename);
+    let filepath = path.join(this.location, 'lib', this.filename);
+	// Make the relative path clear. process.cwd() is zlux-example-server/bin/
+    if (!path.isAbsolute(filepath)) {
+      filepath = path.join(process.cwd(),filepath);
+    }
     bootstrapLogger.log(bootstrapLogger.INFO,
       `Auth plugin ${this.identifier}: loading auth handler module ${filepath}`)
     this.authenticationModule = require(filepath);