diff --git a/src/worker/node/defaultOptions.js b/src/worker/node/defaultOptions.js
index 053c1e3e3b561b2e5b5e3609e9c6b509b1661f11..407242f5576f8d888644ab28ff169599a79bf4dd 100644
--- a/src/worker/node/defaultOptions.js
+++ b/src/worker/node/defaultOptions.js
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const defaultOptions = require('../../constants/defaultOptions');
 
+const defaultPath = path.join(import.meta.dir, '..', '..', 'worker-script', 'node', 'index.js')
+
 /*
  * Default options for node worker
  */
 module.exports = {
   ...defaultOptions,
-  workerPath: path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'worker-script', 'node', 'index.js'),
+  workerPath: fs.existsSync(defaultPath) ? defaultPath : path.join(import.meta.dir, 'tesseract.js', 'src', 'worker-script', 'node', 'index.js'),
 };