diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9897164..ead4999 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+<a name="1.0.1"></a>
+# [1.0.1](https://github.com/faker-javascript/firstname) (2022-01-18)
+* Fix issue with file path.
+
 <a name="1.0.0"></a>
 # [1.0.0](https://github.com/faker-javascript/firstname) (2022-01-18)
 * Initial release
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2769d9b..3ed7c42 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
 import {loadJsonFileSync} from 'load-json-file';
 
 export default function firstName(options) {
     options = options || {};
     const gender = options.gender === undefined ? 'female' : options.gender;
     const locale = options.locale === undefined ? 'en_US' : options.locale;
-    const firtnames = loadJsonFileSync(`./locales/${locale}/${gender}.json`);
-    return firtnames[Math.floor(Math.random() * firtnames.length)];
+    const filePath = `./locales/${locale}/${gender}.json`;
+    let firstnames = [];
+
+    try {
+        firstnames = loadJsonFileSync(filePath);
+    } catch {
+        firstnames = loadJsonFileSync(path.resolve('node_modules/@fakerjs/firstname/', filePath));
+    }
+
+    return firstnames[Math.floor(Math.random() * firstnames.length)];
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b352c8c..0865ff2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@fakerjs/firstname",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "description": "Firstname package provides functionality to generate a fake first name value.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "faker-javascript/firstname",