diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8176f37..9a25482 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.9"
+python = "^3.8"
 librosa = "^0.10.1"
 numpy = ">=1.25.0,<1.26.0"
 numba = ">=0.58.0,<0.59.0"
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ tqdm = "^4.66.1"
 transformers = "^4.34.0"
 pyyaml = "^6.0.1"
 scikit-learn = "^1.3.1"
-importlib-resources = ">=5.12.0,<5.13.0"
 
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/src/CLAPWrapper.py b/src/CLAPWrapper.py
index 0755bf1..654e775 100644
--- a/src/CLAPWrapper.py
+++ b/src/CLAPWrapper.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 import warnings
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
 import random
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import math
 import torchaudio.transforms as T
 import os
 import torch
-from importlib_resources import files
 import argparse
 import yaml
 import sys
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CLAPWrapper():
     
     def get_config_path(self, version):
         if version in self.supported_versions:
-            return files('configs').joinpath(f"config_{version}.yml").read_text()
+            return (Path(__file__).parent / f"configs/config_{version}.yml").read_text()
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"The specific version is not supported. The supported versions are {str(self.supported_versions)}")