diff --git a/rc b/rc
index 6fd2ff4..50126b2 100755
--- a/rc
+++ b/rc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function _q-tools-update-binary {
     fi
     local current_version
     local remote_version
-    current_version=$( cat .version )
+    current_version=$( cat "$QTOOLSPATH"/.version )
     remote_version=$( curl -f -s -L https://six9.net/software/q-tools/current.txt )
     if [[ "$remote_version" != "$current_version" ]]; then
         set -u