diff --git a/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl b/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl
index 71a1324b4dafd1dd38ce04a448478f2bb32d0e0f..e11d875b5fffc34c143581ed0e82fc33e4e53649 100755
--- a/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl
+++ b/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ my $dbh = WardenCommon::connectDB($WardenCommon::DB_NAME, $WardenCommon::DB_HOST
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Warden server variables
-my $package_version 	= WardenCommon::trim(`cat /opt/warden-server/etc/package_version`);
+my $package_version 	= WardenCommon::trim(`cat $etc/package_version`);
 my $version 		= substr($package_version, 14);
 my $hostname 		= WardenCommon::trim(`hostname -f`);
 my $ip_address 		= WardenCommon::trim(`hostname -i`);