diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py
index f47c24bdb..4fab47dca 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
 import requests
 from helpers import get_settings
 
-sys.path.append("/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/scripts")
+os.path.expanduser('~/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/utils')
 
 # Setup basic configuration for logging
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)