diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 45ac4ba31bca8bdc246f02ae48c6cd62f7dfa841..6d48b8008aed88b92ddfdc273e54fc1090d35a44 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Release Changes
 Release 1.3.2
 =============
 
+Global
+------
+
+* Fix 'mkexp.bash' example to work with non-local configs
+
 Config
 ------
 
diff --git a/mkexp.bash b/mkexp.bash
index 7bb2b227b8f4f5954c160dfc759486a584beedfa..fbdf589abc47488183309556c23901d2c0ed69f9 100644
--- a/mkexp.bash
+++ b/mkexp.bash
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ cdexp () {
     if [[ "$1" ]]
     then
         dir=$(dirname "$1")
-        cfg="$1"
+        cfg=$(basename "$1")
         shift
     elif [[ -f update ]]
     then