diff --git a/examples/llama_cpp.py b/examples/llama_cpp.py
index 5f22f6b50..8bc0b577b 100644
--- a/examples/llama_cpp.py
+++ b/examples/llama_cpp.py
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ def _load_shared_library(lib_base_name):
 
     # Construct the paths to the possible shared library names
     _base_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
+    _local_path = pathlib.Path.cwd()
     # Searching for the library in the current directory under the name "libllama" (default name
     # for llamacpp) and "llama" (default name for this repo)
     _lib_paths = [
+        _local_path / f"./lib{lib_base_name}{lib_ext}",
+        _local_path / f"./{lib_base_name}{lib_ext}",
         _base_path / f"lib{lib_base_name}{lib_ext}",
         _base_path / f"{lib_base_name}{lib_ext}"
     ]