If you select Edit Configuration -> "add content roots" in PyCharm, it will automatically add /home/denali/Projects/dialin/ to your path before executing the script and there is no longer a need to...
If you select Edit Configuration -> "add content roots" in PyCharm, it will automatically add /home/denali/Projects/dialin/ to your path before executing the script and there is no longer a need to append to the path in the script. I had selected this option and wasn't having issue running any script.
I've updated all the paths now to support execution from outside of PyCharm.
