diff --git a/example/run_ablation.py b/example/run_ablation.py
index e2a1792..f2b3e75 100644
--- a/example/run_ablation.py
+++ b/example/run_ablation.py
@@ -62,10 +62,14 @@ def main():
         # load base config, override split/stats/vocab/out_dir
         cfg_path = Path(args.config)
         cfg = json.loads(cfg_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        repo_dir = base_dir.parent.parent
         cfg["split_path"] = str(split_path)
         cfg["stats_path"] = str(results_dir / f"cont_stats_{tag}.json")
         cfg["vocab_path"] = str(results_dir / f"disc_vocab_{tag}.json")
         cfg["out_dir"] = str(results_dir / f"ablation_{tag}")
+        # ensure data paths are absolute for Windows
+        cfg["data_glob"] = str(Path(args.data_glob).resolve())
+        cfg["data_path"] = str((repo_dir / "dataset" / "hai" / "hai-21.03" / "train1.csv.gz").resolve())
 
         temp_cfg = results_dir / f"config_{tag}.json"
         temp_cfg.write_text(json.dumps(cfg, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")