diff --git a/crates/cli/src/templates/index.js b/crates/cli/src/templates/index.js
index 233261d0..4b363040 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/templates/index.js
+++ b/crates/cli/src/templates/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-const root = new URL("../..", import.meta.url).pathname;
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const root = fileURLToPath(new URL("../..", import.meta.url));
 
 const binding = typeof process.versions.bun === "string"
   // Support `bun build --compile` by being statically analyzable enough to find the .node file at build-time