diff --git a/nodejs/core.js b/nodejs/core.js
index 259891a2bbcd97e6630855087547fb1b5a389876..768a8321cbf31212e5a31b075d44706803a362a8 100644
--- a/nodejs/core.js
+++ b/nodejs/core.js
@@ -786,8 +786,17 @@ module.exports.__wbindgen_throw = function(arg0, arg1) {
     throw new Error(getStringFromWasm0(arg0, arg1));
 };

-const path = require('path').join(__dirname, 'core_bg.wasm');
-const bytes = require('fs').readFileSync(path);
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const wasmPath = path.join(__dirname, 'core_bg.wasm');
+let bytes;
+try {
+    bytes = fs.readFileSync(wasmPath);
+} catch {
+    bytes = fs.readFileSync(
+        path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), 'onepassword-core_bg.wasm'),
+    );
+}

 const wasmModule = new WebAssembly.Module(bytes);
 const wasmInstance = new WebAssembly.Instance(wasmModule, imports);