diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 0e37c66..491a2a0 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -176209,12 +176209,12 @@ function bundleNPMArtifacts() {
         const mainPackageJsonPath = external_fs_.existsSync(possibleEsyJsonPath)
             ? possibleEsyJsonPath
             : possiblePackageJsonPath;
-        const exists = external_fs_.existsSync(external_path_.join(mainPackageJsonPath));
+        const exists = external_fs_.existsSync(mainPackageJsonPath);
         if (!exists) {
             console.error("No package.json or esy.json at " + mainPackageJsonPath);
             process.exit(1);
         }
-        const mainPackageJson = JSON.parse(external_fs_.readFileSync(`./${mainPackageJsonPath}`).toString());
+        const mainPackageJson = JSON.parse(external_fs_.readFileSync(`${mainPackageJsonPath}`).toString());
         const bins = Array.isArray(mainPackageJson.esy.release.bin)
             ? mainPackageJson.esy.release.bin.reduce((acc, curr) => Object.assign({ [curr]: "bin/" + curr }, acc), {})
             : Object.keys(mainPackageJson.esy.release.bin).reduce((acc, currKey) => Object.assign({ [currKey]: "bin/" + mainPackageJson.esy.release.bin[currKey] }, acc), {});
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index d50059f..6843f52 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ async function bundleNPMArtifacts() {
   const mainPackageJsonPath = fs.existsSync(possibleEsyJsonPath)
     ? possibleEsyJsonPath
     : possiblePackageJsonPath;
-  const exists = fs.existsSync(path.join(mainPackageJsonPath));
+  const exists = fs.existsSync(mainPackageJsonPath);
   if (!exists) {
     console.error("No package.json or esy.json at " + mainPackageJsonPath);
     process.exit(1);
   }
   const mainPackageJson = JSON.parse(
-    fs.readFileSync(`./${mainPackageJsonPath}`).toString()
+    fs.readFileSync(`${mainPackageJsonPath}`).toString()
   );
   const bins = Array.isArray(mainPackageJson.esy.release.bin)
     ? mainPackageJson.esy.release.bin.reduce(