diff --git a/stardew-access/ScreenReader/NativeMethods.cs b/stardew-access/ScreenReader/NativeMethods.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e5b26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stardew-access/ScreenReader/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+public static class NativeMethods
+{
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern bool SetDllDirectory(string lpPathName);
+}
diff --git a/stardew-access/ScreenReader/ScreenReaderWindows.cs b/stardew-access/ScreenReader/ScreenReaderWindows.cs
index d9b2dbc..ee9ed5e 100644
--- a/stardew-access/ScreenReader/ScreenReaderWindows.cs
+++ b/stardew-access/ScreenReader/ScreenReaderWindows.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using DavyKager;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace stardew_access.ScreenReader
 {
@@ -15,6 +16,13 @@ namespace stardew_access.ScreenReader
 
         public void InitializeScreenReader()
         {
+            if (MainClass.ModHelper is not null)
+            {
+                // Set the path to load Tolk.dll from
+                string dllDirectory = Path.Combine(MainClass.ModHelper.DirectoryPath, "libraries", "windows");;
+                // Call SetDllDirectory to change the DLL search path
+                NativeMethods.SetDllDirectory(dllDirectory);
+            }
             MainClass.InfoLog("Initializing Tolk...");
             Tolk.TrySAPI(true);
             Tolk.Load();