diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/setup.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/setup.py
index de5cd52..d4d0d39 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/setup.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
-with open(os.path.join('{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}', 'package.json')) as f:
+with open('package.json') as f:
     package = json.load(f)
 
 package_name = package["name"].replace(" ", "_").replace("-", "_")