diff --git a/ankisyncd/sync_app.py b/ankisyncd/sync_app.py
index aa281e1..33dc3f0 100644
--- a/ankisyncd/sync_app.py
+++ b/ankisyncd/sync_app.py
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ class SqliteSessionManager(SimpleSessionManager):
     def __init__(self, session_db_path):
         SimpleSessionManager.__init__(self)
 
-        self.session_db_path = os.path.abspath(session_db_path)
+        self.session_db_path = os.path.realpath(session_db_path)
 
     def _conn(self):
         new = not os.path.exists(self.session_db_path)
diff --git a/ankisyncd/users.py b/ankisyncd/users.py
index 8c64c91..0cf732f 100644
--- a/ankisyncd/users.py
+++ b/ankisyncd/users.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class SqliteUserManager(SimpleUserManager):
 
     def __init__(self, auth_db_path, collection_path=None):
         SimpleUserManager.__init__(self, collection_path)
-        self.auth_db_path = auth_db_path
+        self.auth_db_path = os.path.realpath(auth_db_path)
 
     def auth_db_exists(self):
         return os.path.isfile(self.auth_db_path)