diff --git a/usr/lib/hypnotix/mpv.py b/usr/lib/hypnotix/mpv.py
index f42a3be..f1fc40b 100644
--- a/usr/lib/hypnotix/mpv.py
+++ b/usr/lib/hypnotix/mpv.py
@@ -44,12 +44,7 @@ else:
     # still better than segfaulting, we are setting LC_NUMERIC to "C".
     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, 'C')
 
-    sofile = ctypes.util.find_library('mpv')
-    if sofile is None:
-        raise OSError("Cannot find libmpv in the usual places. Depending on your distro, you may try installing an "
-                "mpv-devel or mpv-libs package. If you have libmpv around but this script can't find it, consult "
-                "the documentation for ctypes.util.find_library which this script uses to look up the library "
-                "filename.")
+    sofile = '@libmpv@'
     backend = CDLL(sofile)
     fs_enc = sys.getfilesystemencoding()