diff --git a/dist/isort-1.2.3.tar.gz b/dist/isort-1.2.3.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4155e85c6
Binary files /dev/null and b/dist/isort-1.2.3.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/isort/__init__.py b/isort/__init__.py
index 7aff572af..c7b884d2a 100644
--- a/isort/__init__.py
+++ b/isort/__init__.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 from . import settings
 from .isort import SortImports
 
-__version__ = "1.2.2"
+__version__ = "1.2.3"
diff --git a/isort/isort.py b/isort/isort.py
index a27f7fbc9..e651929e8 100644
--- a/isort/isort.py
+++ b/isort/isort.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path=None, file_contents=None, **setting_overrides):
 
         file_name = file_path
         if file_path:
+            file_path = os.path.abspath(file_path)
             if "/" in file_name:
                 file_name = file_name[file_name.rfind('/') + 1:]
             if file_name in self.config['skip']:
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path=None, file_contents=None, **setting_overrides):
 
         self.output = "\n".join(self.out_lines)
         if file_name:
-            with open(file_name, "w") as outputFile:
+            with open(self.file_path, "w") as outputFile:
                 outputFile.write(self.output)
 
     def place_module(self, moduleName):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dd73a5409..11fe6ed1f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name='isort',
-      version='1.2.2',
+      version='1.2.3',
       description='A Python utility / library to sort Python imports.',
       author='Timothy Crosley',
       author_email='timothy.crosley@gmail.com',
       url='https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort',
       download_url='https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort/blob/master'
-                   '/dist/isort-1.2.2.tar.gz?raw=true',
+                   '/dist/isort-1.2.3.tar.gz?raw=true',
       license="MIT",
       scripts=['scripts/isort'],
       packages=['isort'],