diff --git a/bin/migrateDirtyDBtoMySQL.js b/bin/migrateDirtyDBtoMySQL.js
index f2bc8efe..d0273de0 100644
--- a/bin/migrateDirtyDBtoMySQL.js
+++ b/bin/migrateDirtyDBtoMySQL.js
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-var dirty = require("../src/node_modules/ueberDB/node_modules/dirty")('var/dirty.db');
-var db = require("../src/node/db/DB");
+require("ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/npm").load({}, function(er,npm) {
 
-db.init(function() {
-  db = db.db;
-  dirty.on("load", function() {
-    dirty.forEach(function(key, value) {
-      db.set(key, value);
+  process.chdir(npm.root+'/..')
+
+  var dirty = require("ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/ueberDB/node_modules/dirty")('var/dirty.db');
+  var db = require("ep_etherpad-lite/node/db/DB");
+
+  db.init(function() {
+    db = db.db;
+    dirty.on("load", function() {
+      dirty.forEach(function(key, value) {
+        db.set(key, value);
+      });
     });
   });
+
 });