diff --git a/common/src/assets/mod.rs b/common/src/assets/mod.rs
index bc73f50fec..2189cbd2c1 100644
--- a/common/src/assets/mod.rs
+++ b/common/src/assets/mod.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl Asset for DotVoxData {
 
 impl Asset for Value {
     fn load(specifier: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        Ok(serde_json::from_reader(File::open(specifier)?).unwrap())
+        Ok(serde_json::from_reader(load_from_path(specifier)?).unwrap())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/common/src/npc.rs b/common/src/npc.rs
index 8864d5d73c..5a14ddaaac 100644
--- a/common/src/npc.rs
+++ b/common/src/npc.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl NpcKind {
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref NPC_NAMES_JSON: Arc<serde_json::Value> =
-        assets::load_expect("assets/common/npc_names.json");
+        assets::load_expect("common/npc_names.json");
 }
 
 pub fn get_npc_name(npc_type: NpcKind) -> String {