diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5d9b9b12..d707cde0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function checkCWD() {
   }
 }
 function checkNodeVersion() {
-  const root = pkgDir.sync(__dirname) || '..'
+  const root = pkgDir.sync(__dirname) || path.join(__dirname, '..')
   const pjson = require(path.join(root, 'package.json'))
   if (!semver.satisfies(process.versions.node, pjson.engines.node)) {
     process.stderr.write(`WARNING\nWARNING Node version must be ${pjson.engines.node} to use this CLI\nWARNING Current node version: ${process.versions.node}\nWARNING\n`)