--- a/util/datamanager.lua	Mon Jan 10 21:11:06 2011 +0500
+++ b/util/datamanager.lua	Tue Jan 11 04:19:03 2011 +0000
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	return path;
 end
 
-local data_path = prosody.paths.data;
+local data_path = (prosody and prosody.paths and prosody.paths.data) or ".";
 local callbacks = {};
 
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