diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index 2cd13bb..6e55a4f 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/jessp01/highlight v0.0.0-20230716160321-8969d1f05a45 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
index 22bff5e..a8532f4 100644
--- a/examples/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 h1:kOqh6YHBtK8aywxGerMG2Eq3H6Qgoqeo13Bk2Mv/nBs=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0/go.mod h1:0h5ZqXfHYED7Bhv2ZJamyIOUej9KtShiJESRwBDUSsw=
+github.com/jessp01/highlight v0.0.0-20230716160321-8969d1f05a45 h1:XKfU3AV4wfMbzX0jlqSRXYdsPueivQhHgSqlyUjf28g=
+github.com/jessp01/highlight v0.0.0-20230716160321-8969d1f05a45/go.mod h1:Kgvk5uZPhFlZvcS8u0zOB38emtWGrUgnfOvjINkvhyM=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
diff --git a/examples/syncat.go b/examples/syncat.go
index 78ba538..47f1e50 100644
--- a/examples/syncat.go
+++ b/examples/syncat.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"log"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
-	"github.com/zyedidia/highlight"
+	"github.com/jessp01/highlight"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -17,24 +18,19 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	var defs []*highlight.Def
 	gopath := os.Getenv("GOPATH")
-	files, lerr := ioutil.ReadDir(gopath + "/src/github.com/zyedidia/highlight/syntax_files")
-	if lerr != nil {
-	    fmt.Println(lerr)
-	    return
+
+	var syn_dir string
+	if gopath == "" {
+	    syn_dir = "/etc/highlight"
+	}else{
+	    syn_dir = gopath + "/src/github.com/jessp01/highlight/syntax_files"
 	}
 
-	for _, f := range files {
-		if strings.HasSuffix(f.Name(), ".yaml") {
-			input, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(gopath + "/src/github.com/zyedidia/highlight/syntax_files/" + f.Name())
-			d, err := highlight.ParseDef(input)
-			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Println(err)
-				continue
-			}
-			defs = append(defs, d)
-		}
+	var defs []*highlight.Def
+	err := highlight.ParseSyntaxFiles (syn_dir, &defs)
+	if err != nil {
+	    log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
 	highlight.ResolveIncludes(defs)