diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_textview/src/assets/syntaxes.bin b/crates/nu_plugin_textview/src/assets/syntaxes.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee29367c
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diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_textview/src/assets/themes.bin b/crates/nu_plugin_textview/src/assets/themes.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23ad91328
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diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_textview/src/main.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_textview/src/main.rs
index 0d0c24abd..8f4dc48d5 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_textview/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_textview/src/main.rs
@@ -254,14 +254,12 @@ fn view_text_value(value: &Value) {
                 match extension {
                     Some(extension) => {
                         // Load these once at the start of your program
-                        let ps: SyntaxSet = syntect::dumps::from_binary(include_bytes!(
-                            "../../../assets/syntaxes.bin"
-                        ));
+                        let ps: SyntaxSet =
+                            syntect::dumps::from_binary(include_bytes!("assets/syntaxes.bin"));
 
                         if let Some(syntax) = ps.find_syntax_by_extension(&extension) {
-                            let ts: ThemeSet = syntect::dumps::from_binary(include_bytes!(
-                                "../../../assets/themes.bin"
-                            ));
+                            let ts: ThemeSet =
+                                syntect::dumps::from_binary(include_bytes!("assets/themes.bin"));
                             let mut h = HighlightLines::new(syntax, &ts.themes["OneHalfDark"]);
 
                             let mut v = vec![];