diff --git a/lua/ivy/libivy.lua b/lua/ivy/libivy.lua
index c3ac126..f9f8857 100644
--- a/lua/ivy/libivy.lua
+++ b/lua/ivy/libivy.lua
@@ -1,42 +1,43 @@
 local library_path = (function()
-  local dirname = string.sub(debug.getinfo(1).source, 2, #"/fzf_lib.lua" * -1)
-  return dirname .. "/../../target/release/libivyrs.so"
+  local root = string.sub(debug.getinfo(1).source, 2, #"/libivy.lua" * -1)
+  local release_path = root .. "../../target/release"
+  return package.searchpath("libivyrs", release_path .. "/?.so;" .. release_path .. "/?.dylib;")
 end)()
 
 local ffi = require "ffi"
 local ok, ivy_c = pcall(ffi.load, library_path)
 if not ok then
   vim.api.nvim_err_writeln(
     "libivyrs.so not found! Please ensure you have complied the shared library."
       .. " For more info refer to the documentation, https://github.com/AdeAttwood/ivy.nvim#compiling"
   )
 
   return
 end
 
 ffi.cdef [[
     void ivy_init(const char*);
     char* ivy_cwd();
     int ivy_match(const char*, const char*);
     char* ivy_files(const char*, const char*);
 ]]
 
 local libivy = {}
 
 libivy.ivy_init = function(dir)
   ivy_c.ivy_init(dir)
 end
 
 libivy.ivy_cwd = function()
   return ffi.string(ivy_c.ivy_cwd())
 end
 
 libivy.ivy_match = function(pattern, text)
   return ivy_c.ivy_match(pattern, text)
 end
 
 libivy.ivy_files = function(pattern, base_dir)
   return ffi.string(ivy_c.ivy_files(pattern, base_dir))
 end
 
 return libivy