diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index 51d75e5..6288234 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ auth:
   username: admin
   hashedPassword: pbkdf2:sha256:150000$gWnHgdeJ$778d54af56408b434fdd7151f4d8ea88e1ad7525d47326aa70671962e1f654a1
 prod: False
+basePath: './'
 outputPath: './output'
 uploadPath: './upload'
diff --git a/config_parser.py b/config_parser.py
index 5114ddb..9325987 100644
--- a/config_parser.py
+++ b/config_parser.py
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ with open(path_to_config, "r") as ymlfile:
 
 credentials = cfg["auth"]
 prod_mode = cfg["prod"]
+base_path = cfg["basePath"]
 output_path = cfg["outputPath"]
 upload_path = cfg["uploadPath"]
diff --git a/config_prod.yml b/config_prod.yml
index 31b59b7..b010300 100644
--- a/config_prod.yml
+++ b/config_prod.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ auth:
   username: admin
   hashedPassword: pbkdf2:sha256:150000$gWnHgdeJ$778d54af56408b434fdd7151f4d8ea88e1ad7525d47326aa70671962e1f654a1
 prod: True
+basePath: './csv-to-marp-converter'
 outputPath: './csv-to-marp-converter/output'
 uploadPath: './csv-to-marp-converter/upload'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/converter.py b/converter.py
index d8e580f..5fcb509 100644
--- a/converter.py
+++ b/converter.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ NUMBER_OF_ANSWERS = 5
 
 import config_parser
 OUTPUT_FODLER = config_parser.output_path
+BASE_FODLER = config_parser.base_path
 
 
 class QuestionAndAnswers:
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ def write_markdown_file(csv_path):
         for line in data:
             if line.startswith("Kategorie"):
                 name_of_category = line.split(",")[0]
-                print("name_of_category")
-                print(name_of_category)
+                # print("name_of_category")
+                # print(name_of_category)
                 current_category = name_of_category
             # do nothing if row is empty
             elif line.split(",")[0] is "":
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ def write_markdown_file(csv_path):
     # static_part = ""
     # copy template
     template_name = "quiz-slides-template.md"
-    shutil.copyfile(template_name, markdown_path)
+    template_path = os.path.join(BASE_FODLER, template_name)
+
+    shutil.copyfile(template_path, markdown_path)
 
     # with open(markdown_path, 'w', encoding='UTF-8') as markdown_file:
     # append questions and answers to copy of template
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ def write_markdown_file(csv_path):
         # write month headline
         # markdown_file.writelines(static_part)
         for q_and_a in list_of_q_and_as:
-            print(q_and_a)
+            # print(q_and_a)
             write_q_and_a_to_markdown_file(markdown_file, q_and_a)
 
         markdown_file.close()
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ def write_q_and_a_to_markdown_file(markdown_file, q_and_a):
 
 def handle_q_and_a_row(line, list_of_q_and_as, category):
     column_data = line.split(',')
-    print(column_data)
+    # print(column_data) # causes UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xf6' in position 49: ordinal not in range(128) in linux
     # check size of array
     print(len(column_data))
     if len(column_data) is NUMBER_OF_ANSWERS:
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ def handle_q_and_a_row(line, list_of_q_and_as, category):
         # answers = column_data[-3:]
         q_and_a = QuestionAndAnswers(question, answers, category)
         list_of_q_and_as.append(q_and_a)
-        print(q_and_a)
+        # print(q_and_a)
     return list_of_q_and_as
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 27918bc..0a1ef9d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ Werkzeug==2.0.1
 zipp==3.4.1
 PyYAML==5.4.1
 # pywin32==301 # needed for docker error messages
-pywin32==227
+# pywin32==227 # produces error during pip install while building docker image