diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be35f60..2a37966 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/lastname) (2022-01-18)
+* Fix issue with file path.
+
 <a name="1.0.0"></a>
 # [1.0.0](https://github.com/faker-javascript/lastname) (2022-01-18)
 * Initial release
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ab24972..99526fc 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
 import {loadJsonFileSync} from 'load-json-file';
 
 export default function lastName(options) {
     options = options || {};
     const locale = options.locale === undefined ? 'en_US' : options.locale;
-    const lastnames = loadJsonFileSync(`./locales/${locale}/lastnames.json`);
+    const filePath = `./locales/${locale}/lastnames.json`;
+    let lastnames = [];
+
+    try {
+        lastnames = loadJsonFileSync(filePath);
+    } catch {
+        lastnames = loadJsonFileSync(path.resolve('node_modules/@fakerjs/lastname/', filePath));
+    }
+
     return lastnames[Math.floor(Math.random() * lastnames.length)];
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2eed970..88ec87a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@fakerjs/lastname",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "description": "Lastname package provides functionality to generate a fake last name value.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "faker-javascript/lastname",