diff --git a/badge.js b/badge.js
index c6d3e84d70..c3e9c70a09 100644
--- a/badge.js
+++ b/badge.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ canvasContext.font = '11px Verdana, "DejaVu Sans"';
 
 // cache templates.
 var templates = {};
-var templateFiles = fs.readdirSync('templates');
+var templateFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, 'templates'));
 templateFiles.forEach(function(filename) {
   var templateData = fs.readFileSync(
     path.join(__dirname, 'templates', filename)).toString();