diff --git a/src/httpaste/backend/mysql/paste.py b/src/httpaste/backend/mysql/paste.py
index 5e4057f..efa5f0e 100644
--- a/src/httpaste/backend/mysql/paste.py
+++ b/src/httpaste/backend/mysql/paste.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from os import path
 from time import time
+from importlib.resources import open_text
+
 
 try:
     from mysql.connector.connection import MySQLConnection
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ def init(connection: MySQLConnection):
 
     cursor = connection.cursor()
 
-    with open(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'paste.sql'), 'r') as fh:
+    with open_text('httpaste.backend.mysql', 'paste.sql') as fh:
 
         cursor.execute(fh.read())
 
diff --git a/src/httpaste/backend/mysql/user.py b/src/httpaste/backend/mysql/user.py
index 7efebfc..a7148ff 100644
--- a/src/httpaste/backend/mysql/user.py
+++ b/src/httpaste/backend/mysql/user.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from os import path
+from importlib.resources import open_text
 try:
     from mysql.connector.connection import MySQLConnection
 except ImportError as e:
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ def init(connection: MySQLConnection):
 
     cursor = connection.cursor()
 
-    with open(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'user.sql'), 'r') as fh:
+    with open_text('httpaste.backend.mysql', 'user.sql') as fh:
 
         cursor.execute(fh.read())