diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/instead.c b/src/sdl-instead/instead.c
index 8a78104..fa5c6ee 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/instead.c
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/instead.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static int luaB_load_font(lua_State *L) {
 	if (!fname)
 		return 0;
 
-	fnt = fnt_load((char*)fname, sz);
+	fnt = fnt_load(dirpath((char*)fname), sz);
 
 	if (!fnt)
 		return 0;