diff --git a/lib/basedriver/helpers.js b/lib/basedriver/helpers.js
index 20db697cb..a06cf2eb6 100644
--- a/lib/basedriver/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/basedriver/helpers.js
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ async function configureApp (app, supportedAppExtensions) {
       logger.info(`Unzipped local app to '${newApp}'`);
     } else if (!path.isAbsolute(newApp)) {
       newApp = path.resolve(process.cwd(), newApp);
-      logger.warn(`The current application path '${app}' is relative, ` +
-        `which might cause further issues. The path has been rewritten to '${newApp}' ` +
-        `in order to avoid them`);
+      logger.warn(`The current application path '${app}' is not absolute ` +
+        `and has been rewritten to '${newApp}'. Consider using absolute paths rather than relative`);
+      app = newApp;
     }
 
     verifyAppExtension(newApp, supportedAppExtensions);