diff --git a/lang/loader.go b/lang/loader.go
index 785b24b..a1489e9 100644
--- a/lang/loader.go
+++ b/lang/loader.go
@@ -2,12 +2,24 @@ package lang
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"go/build"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // LoadLocaleText will load the translations from the locale json files according to the locale
 func LoadLocaleText(l string) ([]byte, error) {
 	lText, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./lang/" + l + ".json")
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		gopath := os.Getenv("GOPATH")
+		if gopath == "" {
+			gopath = build.Default.GOPATH
+		}
+		lPath := filepath.Join(gopath, "src", "github.com", "uniplaces", "carbon", "lang", l + ".json")
+		lText, err = ioutil.ReadFile(lPath)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("not able to read the lang file:" + err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/translator_test.go b/translator_test.go
index 7f9308c..8e2f6f5 100644
--- a/translator_test.go
+++ b/translator_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package carbon
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,3 +19,10 @@ func TestTrans(t *testing.T) {
 	c.SetLocale("pt")
 	assert.Equal(t, "pt", c.GetLocale())
 }
+
+func TestLoadNonExistentResource(t *testing.T) {
+	tr := NewTranslator()
+	err := tr.loadResource("iv")
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "github.com"))
+}