diff --git a/ggml-metal.m b/ggml-metal.m
index c1901dca7..2380c4310 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml-metal.m
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ struct ggml_metal_context * ggml_metal_init(int n_cb) {
             GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: default.metallib not found, loading from source\n", __func__);
 
             NSString * sourcePath = [bundle pathForResource:@"ggml-metal" ofType:@"metal"];
+            if (sourcePath == nil) {
+                GGML_METAL_LOG_WARN("%s: error: could not use bundle path to find ggml-metal.metal, falling back to trying cwd\n", __func__);
+                sourcePath = @"ggml-metal.metal";
+            }
             GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: loading '%s'\n", __func__, [sourcePath UTF8String]);
             NSString * src = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:sourcePath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
             if (error) {