diff --git a/oil_library/__init__.py b/oil_library/__init__.py
index 695797e..ba472d1 100644
--- a/oil_library/__init__.py
+++ b/oil_library/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-import logging
+import logging; logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 from pkg_resources import get_distribution
 
@@ -21,11 +21,16 @@
 #
 # currently, the DB is created and located when package is installed
 #
-_oillib_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-__module_folder__ = __file__.split(os.sep)[-2]
-_db_file = 'OilLib.db'
-_db_file_path = os.path.join(_oillib_path, _db_file)
+def get_oil_db_path():
+    """
+    Get the path to the Sqlite3 oil database
+    """
+    from pkg_resources import resource_filename, resource_exists
+
+    if not resource_exists(__name__, 'OilLib.db'):
+        logger.warning('OilLib.db does not exist')
 
+    return resource_filename(__name__, 'OilLib.db')
 
 def _get_db_session():
     'we can call this from scripts to access valid DBSession'
@@ -35,12 +40,11 @@ def _get_db_session():
     try:
         eng = session.get_bind()
 
-        if eng.url.database.split(os.path.sep)[-2:] != [__module_folder__,
-                                                        _db_file]:
+        if os.path.realpath(eng.url.database) != os.path.realpath(get_oil_db_path()):
             raise UnboundExecutionError
 
     except UnboundExecutionError:
-        session.bind = create_engine('sqlite:///' + _db_file_path)
+        session.bind = create_engine('sqlite:///' + get_oil_db_path())
 
     return session
 
diff --git a/oil_library/tests/__init__.py b/oil_library/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29