diff --git a/src/sparseml/utils/helpers.py b/src/sparseml/utils/helpers.py
index b7ffe9f0415..73f8f9d3cfa 100644
--- a/src/sparseml/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/src/sparseml/utils/helpers.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 FROM_PARAM_TOKEN = "__FROM_PARAM__"
 RECIPE_METADATA_KEY = "__metadata__"
 FRAMEWORK_METADATA_KEY = "framework_metadata"
-ROOT_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
+ROOT_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)