diff --git a/cmd/kubebuilder-gen/codegen/run/util.go b/cmd/kubebuilder-gen/codegen/run/util.go
index 2f4508c59e..2a41ec211d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubebuilder-gen/codegen/run/util.go
+++ b/cmd/kubebuilder-gen/codegen/run/util.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func generatorToPackage(pkg string, gen generator.Generator) generator.Package {
 
 // generatedGoHeader returns the header to preprend to generated go files
 func generatedGoHeader() []byte {
-	cr, err := ioutil.ReadFile("boilerplate.go.txt")
+	cr, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join("hack", "boilerplate.go.txt"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return []byte{}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubebuilder/create/util/util.go b/cmd/kubebuilder/create/util/util.go
index 1f7650461f..b2c49b1795 100644
--- a/cmd/kubebuilder/create/util/util.go
+++ b/cmd/kubebuilder/create/util/util.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/cmd/kubebuilder/util"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -71,5 +72,5 @@ func RegisterResourceFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 }
 
 func RegisterCopyrightFlag(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&Copyright, "copyright", "boilerplate.go.txt", "Location of copyright boilerplate file.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&Copyright, "copyright", filepath.Join("hack", "boilerplate.go.txt"), "Location of copyright boilerplate file.")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubebuilder/initproject/init.go b/cmd/kubebuilder/initproject/init.go
index c5155e6704..e37d6b123f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubebuilder/initproject/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubebuilder/initproject/init.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var bazel bool
 func AddInit(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.AddCommand(repoCmd)
 	repoCmd.Flags().StringVar(&domain, "domain", "", "domain for the API groups")
-	repoCmd.Flags().StringVar(&copyright, "copyright", "boilerplate.go.txt", "Location of copyright boilerplate file.")
+	repoCmd.Flags().StringVar(&copyright, "copyright", filepath.Join("hack", "boilerplate.go.txt"), "Location of copyright boilerplate file.")
 	repoCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&bazel, "bazel", false, "if true, setup Bazel workspace artifacts")
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubebuilder/util/util.go b/cmd/kubebuilder/util/util.go
index e389129248..6c95c3fcc4 100644
--- a/cmd/kubebuilder/util/util.go
+++ b/cmd/kubebuilder/util/util.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func WriteString(path, value string) {
 // if the file cannot be read, will return the empty string.
 func GetCopyright(file string) string {
 	if len(file) == 0 {
-		file = "boilerplate.go.txt"
+		file = filepath.Join("hack", "boilerplate.go.txt")
 	}
 	cr, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/samples/controller/controller.go b/samples/controller/controller.go
index 7550a3d672..5198886f7e 100644
--- a/samples/controller/controller.go
+++ b/samples/controller/controller.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func NewController(iargs args.InjectArgs) *controller.GenericController {
 	samplescheme.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
 
 	c := &Controller{
+		InjectArgs: iargs,
 		recorder: iargs.CreateRecorder(controllerAgentName),
 	}