diff --git a/examples/face_detect.rb b/examples/face_detect.rb
index 153db6c8..3d11ffb1 100755
--- a/examples/face_detect.rb
+++ b/examples/face_detect.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 window = GUI::Window.new("face detect")
 capture = CvCapture.open
-detector = CvHaarClassifierCascade::load("./data/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml")
+detector = CvHaarClassifierCascade::load("../test/samples/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml.gz")
 
 loop {
   image = capture.query