diff --git a/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/Project.h b/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/Project.h
index 15c56ca35..488495386 100644
--- a/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/Project.h
+++ b/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/Project.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ extern id  project_i;
 //
 //  methods to query the project file
 //
+- (NSString *) baseDirectoryPath;
 - (NSString *) getMapDirectory;
 - (NSString *) getFinalMapDirectory;
 - (NSString *) getProgDirectory;
diff --git a/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/Project.m b/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/Project.m
index 1a2b41a83..fd2df2f19 100644
--- a/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/Project.m
+++ b/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/Project.m
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ id  project_i;
 	return nil;
 }
 
+- (NSString *) baseDirectoryPath
+{
+	return basepathinfo_i;
+}
+
 - (NSString *) getMapDirectory
 {
 	return path_mapdirectory;
diff --git a/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/TexturePalette.m b/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/TexturePalette.m
index 1c251f9ed..9e827c358 100644
--- a/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/TexturePalette.m
+++ b/tools/Forge/Bundles/MapEdit/TexturePalette.m
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "TexturePalette.h"
 #include "Preferences.h"
+#include "Project.h"
 #include "Map.h"
 #include "Entity.h"
 #include "QuakeEd.h"
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ TEX_InitFromWad (const char *path)
 
 	start = Sys_DoubleTime ();
 
-	newpath = [[preferences_i getProjectPath] cString];
+	newpath = [[project_i baseDirectoryPath] cString];
 	newpath = va ("%s%s%s", newpath, (newpath[0] ? "/" : ""), path);
 
 	// free any textures