diff --git a/scripts/languageserver/pkgdir.jl b/scripts/languageserver/pkgdir.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..881134364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/languageserver/pkgdir.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using Pkg
+
+c = Pkg.Types.Context()
+pkglist = [u[1][string(:path)] for (p,u) in c.env.manifest if haskey(u[1], string(:path))]
+if isdir(abspath(joinpath(c.env.manifest_file, "..", "..", "..")))
+    println(joinpath(abspath(joinpath(c.env.manifest_file, "..", "..", "..")), "dev"))
+elseif !isempty(pkglist)
+    println(dirname(pkglist[1]))
+else
+    println(joinpath(homedir(), ".julia", "dev"))
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/packagepath.ts b/src/packagepath.ts
index 75d044f0e..76a29b4aa 100644
--- a/src/packagepath.ts
+++ b/src/packagepath.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export async function getPkgPath() {
     if (juliaPackagePath == null) {
         let jlexepath = await juliaexepath.getJuliaExePath();
         // TODO: there's got to be a better way to do this.
-        var res = await exec(`"${jlexepath}" --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e "(using Pkg;println(dirname([u[1][string(:path)] for (p,u) in Pkg.Types.Context().env.manifest if haskey(u[1], string(:path))][1])))"`);
+        let scriptpath = join(g_context.extensionPath, "scripts", "languageserver", "pkgdir.jl");
+        // var res = await exec(`"${jlexepath}" --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e "(using Pkg;println(dirname([u[1][string(:path)] for (p,u) in Pkg.Types.Context().env.manifest if haskey(u[1], string(:path))][1])))"`);
+        var res = await exec(`"${jlexepath}" --startup-file=no --history-file=no ${scriptpath}`);
         juliaPackagePath = res.stdout.trim();
     }
     return juliaPackagePath;