diff --git a/crates/collab/src/bin/seed.rs b/crates/collab/src/bin/seed.rs
index ed24ccef75..632116a363 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/bin/seed.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/bin/seed.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ struct GitHubUser {
 async fn main() {
     load_dotenv().expect("failed to load .env.toml file");
 
-    let mut admin_logins =
-        load_admins("./.admins.default.json").expect("failed to load default admins file");
+    let mut admin_logins = load_admins("crates/collab/.admins.default.json")
+        .expect("failed to load default admins file");
     if let Ok(other_admins) = load_admins("./.admins.json") {
         admin_logins.extend(other_admins);
     }