diff --git a/lib/geocoder.rb b/lib/geocoder.rb
index 8b9bab2e5d514c35a5d21f7fe444f4d1204be5fe..e61ceabc4cfddefa9c4315e77a3b01a2500f52db 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module Geocoder
   end
 
   def version
-    File.read("VERSION")
+    File.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "VERSION")).chomp
   end