diff --git a/lib/sqlite3.js b/lib/sqlite3.js
index e3a570c50..d28a15e23 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3.js
+++ b/lib/sqlite3.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var binary = require('node-pre-gyp');
 var path = require('path');
-var binding_path = binary.find(path.resolve(path.join(__dirname,'../package.json')));
+var binDir = path.join(path.dirname(require.main.filename), '../bin/')
+var binding_path = path.join(binDir, 'sqlite3/node_sqlite3.node');
 var binding = require(binding_path);
 var sqlite3 = module.exports = exports = binding;
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;