diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readerfrontlight.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readerfrontlight.lua
index 498340704..3477da146 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readerfrontlight.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readerfrontlight.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-package.cpath = package.cpath..";/usr/lib/lua/?.so"
 require "ui/device"
 
 ReaderFrontLight = InputContainer:new{
diff --git a/reader.lua b/reader.lua
index 8293f858c..e4c04ab8a 100755
--- a/reader.lua
+++ b/reader.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!./koreader-base
 
 package.path = "./frontend/?.lua"
+package.cpath = "/usr/lib/lua/?.so"
 require "ui/uimanager"
 require "ui/widget/filechooser"
 require "ui/widget/infomessage"