diff --git a/lib/binding.ts b/lib/binding.ts
index bc1ff4f..b71395c 100644
--- a/lib/binding.ts
+++ b/lib/binding.ts
@@ -70,5 +70,6 @@ export const loadModule = async (variant?: string): Promise<Module> => {
       return await import(`../bin/${process.platform}-${variant}/${process.arch}/llama-node.node`) as Module
     }
   } catch {} // ignore errors and try the common path
+  setupEnv()
   return await import(`../bin/${process.platform}/${process.arch}/llama-node.node`) as Module
 }
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