diff --git a/src/esqlite3_nif.erl b/src/esqlite3_nif.erl
index 97709f6..301ee26 100644
--- a/src/esqlite3_nif.erl
+++ b/src/esqlite3_nif.erl
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ try_escript() ->
             RootDir = filename:dirname(filename:dirname(Pref)),
             AppsDir = filename:join(RootDir, "lib"),
             io:format("AppsDir = ~p~n", [AppsDir]),
-            filename:join([AppsDir, [$.|Suf], "priv"]); % prepend "." to suffix that starts with "/"
+            filename:join(AppsDir, [$.|Suf]); % prepend "." to suffix that starts with "/"
         false ->
             case code:priv_dir(esqlite) of
                 {error, bad_name} -> "priv";