diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/PackageMetaData.fs b/src/Paket.Core/PackageMetaData.fs
index 2e187c7e55..ed374c1c29 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/PackageMetaData.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/PackageMetaData.fs
@@ -67,24 +67,26 @@ let getDescription attributes =
                       | Description d -> Some d
                       | _ -> None) 
 
-let readAssembly buildConfig buildPlatform (projectFile : ProjectFile) = 
-    let fileName = 
-        FileInfo(
-            Path.Combine
-                (Path.GetDirectoryName projectFile.FileName, projectFile.GetOutputDirectory buildConfig buildPlatform, 
-                 projectFile.GetAssemblyName()) 
-            |> normalizePath)
-
-    traceVerbose <| sprintf "Loading assembly metadata for %s" fileName.FullName
+let readAssembly fileName =
+    traceVerbose <| sprintf "Loading assembly metadata for %s" fileName
     let assemblyReader = 
         ProviderImplementation.AssemblyReader.ILModuleReaderAfterReadingAllBytes(
-            fileName.FullName, 
+            fileName, 
             ProviderImplementation.AssemblyReader.mkILGlobals ProviderImplementation.AssemblyReader.ecmaMscorlibScopeRef, 
             true)
    
     let versionFromAssembly = assemblyReader.ILModuleDef.ManifestOfAssembly.Version
     let id = assemblyReader.ILModuleDef.ManifestOfAssembly.Name
-    assemblyReader,id,versionFromAssembly,fileName.FullName
+    assemblyReader,id,versionFromAssembly,fileName
+
+
+let readAssemblyFromProjFile buildConfig buildPlatform (projectFile : ProjectFile) = 
+    FileInfo(
+        Path.Combine
+            (Path.GetDirectoryName projectFile.FileName, projectFile.GetOutputDirectory buildConfig buildPlatform, 
+                projectFile.GetAssemblyName()) 
+        |> normalizePath).FullName
+    |> readAssembly
 
 let loadAssemblyAttributes (assemblyReader:ProviderImplementation.AssemblyReader.CacheValue) = 
     [for inp in assemblyReader.ILModuleDef.ManifestOfAssembly.CustomAttrs.Elements do 
diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/PackageProcess.fs b/src/Paket.Core/PackageProcess.fs
index eca859f2d6..a5e6149fde 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/PackageProcess.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/PackageProcess.fs
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ open System.Collections.Generic
 open Paket.PackageMetaData
 open Chessie.ErrorHandling
 
-let private merge buildConfig buildPlatform version projectFile templateFile = 
+let private merge buildConfig buildPlatform versionFromAssembly projectFile templateFile = 
     let withVersion =
-        match version with
+        match versionFromAssembly with
         | None -> templateFile
         | Some v -> templateFile |> TemplateFile.setVersion v
 
     match withVersion with
     | { Contents = ProjectInfo(md, opt) } -> 
-        let assemblyReader,id,versionFromAssembly,assemblyFileName = readAssembly buildConfig buildPlatform projectFile
+        let assemblyReader,id,versionFromAssembly,assemblyFileName = readAssemblyFromProjFile buildConfig buildPlatform projectFile
         let attribs = loadAssemblyAttributes assemblyReader
 
         let mergedOpt =
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ let private merge buildConfig buildPlatform version projectFile templateFile =
 
                 let merged = 
                     { Id = md.Id
-                      Version = md.Version ++ getVersion version attribs
+                      Version = md.Version ++ getVersion versionFromAssembly attribs
                       Authors = md.Authors ++ getAuthors attribs
                       Description = md.Description ++ getDescription attribs
                       Symbols = md.Symbols }
diff --git a/tests/Paket.Tests/PackageProcessSpecs.fs b/tests/Paket.Tests/PackageProcessSpecs.fs
index 44fd343cb9..38c10fb596 100644
--- a/tests/Paket.Tests/PackageProcessSpecs.fs
+++ b/tests/Paket.Tests/PackageProcessSpecs.fs
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@ let ``Loading assembly metadata works``() =
         failwithf "%s does not exist." fileName
 
     let projFile = 
-        Path.Combine(workingDir, "..", "..", "Paket.Tests.fsproj")
-        |> normalizePath
+        fileName
         |> ProjectFile.LoadFromFile
     
     let config = 
         if workingDir.Contains "Debug" then "Debug"
         else "Release"
     
-    let assemblyReader,id,versionFromAssembly,fileName = PackageMetaData.readAssembly config "" projFile
+    let assemblyReader,id,versionFromAssembly,fileName = PackageMetaData.readAssemblyFromProjFile config "" projFile    
     id |> shouldEqual "Paket.Tests"
     
     let attribs = PackageMetaData.loadAssemblyAttributes assemblyReader