diff --git a/examples/preprocessing/packing_2d.jl b/examples/preprocessing/packing_2d.jl
index df856a567..11f64c2a7 100644
--- a/examples/preprocessing/packing_2d.jl
+++ b/examples/preprocessing/packing_2d.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using TrixiParticles
 using OrdinaryDiffEq
 
 filename = "circle"
-file = joinpath("examples", "preprocessing", "data", filename * ".asc")
+file = pkgdir(TrixiParticles, "examples", "preprocessing", "data", filename * ".asc")
 
 # ==========================================================================================
 # ==== Packing parameters
diff --git a/examples/preprocessing/packing_3d.jl b/examples/preprocessing/packing_3d.jl
index 9a2b96b96..3864b8b45 100644
--- a/examples/preprocessing/packing_3d.jl
+++ b/examples/preprocessing/packing_3d.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using TrixiParticles
 using OrdinaryDiffEq
 
 filename = "sphere"
-file = joinpath("examples", "preprocessing", "data", filename * ".stl")
+file = pkgdir(TrixiParticles, "examples", "preprocessing", "data", filename * ".stl")
 
 # ==========================================================================================
 # ==== Packing parameters