diff --git a/scripts/plotting/functions/plotting_data.R b/scripts/functions/plotting_data.R
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/plotting/functions/plotting_data.R
rename to scripts/functions/plotting_data.R
diff --git a/scripts/plotting/functions/plotting_globals.R b/scripts/functions/plotting_globals.R
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/plotting/functions/plotting_globals.R
rename to scripts/functions/plotting_globals.R
diff --git a/scripts/plotting/functions/position_count_bp.R b/scripts/functions/position_count_bp.R
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/plotting/functions/position_count_bp.R
rename to scripts/functions/position_count_bp.R
diff --git a/scripts/plotting/functions/stability_count_bp.R b/scripts/functions/stability_count_bp.R
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/plotting/functions/stability_count_bp.R
rename to scripts/functions/stability_count_bp.R
diff --git a/scripts/plotting/functions/test_functions.R b/scripts/functions/test_functions.R
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/plotting/functions/test_functions.R
rename to scripts/functions/test_functions.R
diff --git a/scripts/plotting/basic_barplots.R b/scripts/plotting/basic_barplots.R
index 16e9c42..9abd2f6 100755
--- a/scripts/plotting/basic_barplots.R
+++ b/scripts/plotting/basic_barplots.R
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ library(dplyr)
 require("getopt", quietly = TRUE) # cmd parse arguments
 
 # load functions
-source("functions/plotting_globals.R")
-source("functions/plotting_data.R")
-source("functions/stability_count_bp.R")
-source("functions/position_count_bp.R")
+source("../functions/plotting_globals.R")
+source("../functions/plotting_data.R")
+source("../functions/stability_count_bp.R")
+source("../functions/position_count_bp.R")
 #############################################################
 # command line args
 #********************