diff --git a/lib/component.js b/lib/component.js
index 007bacd4..ec4c057c 100644
--- a/lib/component.js
+++ b/lib/component.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
  * Module dependencies.
  */
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ exports.lookup = function(pkg, paths){
   for (var i = 0; i < paths.length; ++i) {
     var path = join(paths[i], pkg);
     debug('check %s', path);
-    if (exists(path)) {
+    if (exists(join(path, 'component.json'))) {
       debug('found %s', path);
       return path;
     }