diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index eb5afd3..aba5362 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           (ls -lrt /opt/quarto/bin/tools/) || echo "chk dir"
           (which R && which Rscript) || which Rscript || echo "check R path again"
-          Rscript -e '?shinylive::quarto_ext()'
+          /opt/R/4.4.1/bin/Rscript -e '?shinylive::quarto_ext()'
           echo $R_LIBS_USER
           Rscript -e 'library(shinylive)'
           quarto check
diff --git a/_extensions/quarto-ext/shinylive/shinylive.lua b/_extensions/quarto-ext/shinylive/shinylive.lua
index ce8518e..41ceab1 100644
--- a/_extensions/quarto-ext/shinylive/shinylive.lua
+++ b/_extensions/quarto-ext/shinylive/shinylive.lua
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ end
 -- @param input: string to pipe into to r-shinylive
 function callRShinylive(args, input)
   args = { "-e",
-    "shinylive::quarto_ext()",
+    "pkgload::load_all('../../', quiet = TRUE); shinylive::quarto_ext()",
     table.unpack(args) }
 
   -- Try calling `pandoc.pipe('Rscript', ...)` and if it fails, print a message
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function callRShinylive(args, input)
   local res
   local status, err = pcall(
     function()
-      res = pandoc.pipe("/opt/R/4.4.1/bin/Rscript", args, input)
+      res = pandoc.pipe("Rscript", args, input)
     end
   )