diff --git a/.config/mpv/scripts/modules.lua b/.config/mpv/scripts/modules.lua
index b90c49d0..37b69b30 100644
--- a/.config/mpv/scripts/modules.lua
+++ b/.config/mpv/scripts/modules.lua
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-require 'mpvSockets'
+local mpv_scripts_dir_path = os.getenv("HOME") ..  "/.config/mpv/scripts/"
+function load(relative_path) dofile(mpv_scripts_dir_path .. relative_path) end
+load("mpvSockets/mpvSockets.lua")