diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
index d52a696b..f509afdd 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 				RestManager = new RestManager(RestApi);
 				RestManager.RegisterRestfulCommands();
 
-				var geoippath = Path.Combine(SavePath, "GeoIP.dat");
+				var geoippath = "GeoIP.dat";
 				if (Config.EnableGeoIP && File.Exists(geoippath))
 					Geo = new GeoIPCountry(geoippath);
 
diff --git a/prebuilts/GeoIP.dat b/prebuilts/GeoIP.dat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46551ba0
Binary files /dev/null and b/prebuilts/GeoIP.dat differ
diff --git a/scripts/create_release.py b/scripts/create_release.py
index 2b7663b7..1ce05309 100644
--- a/scripts/create_release.py
+++ b/scripts/create_release.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ http_bin_name = "HttpServer.dll"
 tshock_bin_name = "TShockAPI.dll"
 tshock_symbols = "TShockAPI.dll.mdb"
 bcrypt_bin_name = "BCrypt.Net.dll"
+geoip_db_name = "GeoIP.dat"
 
 terraria_release_bin = os.path.join(cur_wd, "TerrariaServerAPI", "bin", "Release", terraria_bin_name)
 terraria_debug_bin = os.path.join(cur_wd, "TerrariaServerAPI", "bin", "Debug", terraria_bin_name)
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ sqlite_bin = os.path.join(cur_wd, "prebuilts", sqlite_bin_name)
 http_bin = os.path.join(cur_wd, "prebuilts", http_bin_name)
 json_bin = os.path.join(cur_wd, "packages", "Newtonsoft.Json.8.0.3", "lib", "net45", json_bin_name)
 bcrypt_bin = os.path.join(cur_wd, "packages", "BCrypt.Net.0.1.0", "lib", "net35", bcrypt_bin_name)
+geoip_db = os.path.join(cur_wd, "prebuilts", geoip_db_name)
 release_bin = os.path.join(cur_wd, "TShockAPI", "bin", "Release", tshock_bin_name)
 debug_folder = os.path.join(cur_wd, "TShockAPI", "bin", "Debug")
 
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ def copy_dependencies():
   shutil.copy(sqlite_dep, release_dir)
   shutil.copy(mysql_bin, release_dir)
   shutil.copy(sqlite_bin, release_dir)
+  shutil.copy(geoip_db, release_dir)
   
 def copy_debug_files():
   shutil.copy(terraria_debug_bin, release_dir)
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ def create_base_zip(name):
   zip = zipfile.ZipFile(name, "w")
   zip.write(terraria_bin_name)
   zip.write(sqlite_dep_name)
+  zip.write(geoip_db_name)
   zip.write(http_bin_name, os.path.join("ServerPlugins", http_bin_name))
   zip.write(json_bin_name, json_bin_name)
   zip.write(bcrypt_bin_name, os.path.join("ServerPlugins", bcrypt_bin_name))
@@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ def delete_files():
   os.remove(json_bin_name)
   os.remove(bcrypt_bin_name)
   os.remove(http_bin_name)
+  os.remove(geoip_db_name)
   os.chdir(cur_wd)
 
 def update_terraria_source():