diff --git a/.backstage/version.cjs b/.backstage/version.cjs
index 1ca1c393..3eae1cb8 100644
--- a/.backstage/version.cjs
+++ b/.backstage/version.cjs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const err = (m) => {
 if (!version) err("Script expected a GIT_VERSION environment variable");
 
 const file = (localPath) => {
-    localPath = localPath.join(__dirname, "../humane/Cargo.toml");
+    localPath = path.join(__dirname, localPath);
     if (!fs.existsSync(localPath)) err(`Script expected a file at ${localPath}`);
     const contents = fs.readFileSync(localPath, { encoding: "utf-8" });
     if (!version_re.test(contents)) err(`Expected ${localPath} to contain a version of "0.0.0"`);