diff --git a/hcore/include/opts.h b/hcore/include/opts.h
index 8b85761..2b2ec92 100644
--- a/hcore/include/opts.h
+++ b/hcore/include/opts.h
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ public:
     void dumpOptions() const;
     std::string getUsage() const;
 
+    static OptionParser &getOptions(void)
+    {
+        static OptionParser options;
+        return options;
+    }
+
 public:
     std::string senseApiLibPath;
     std::vector<std::string> senseApiLibs;
diff --git a/hcore/include/senseApis/senseApiLib.h b/hcore/include/senseApis/senseApiLib.h
index 116fce3..1d4fbff 100644
--- a/hcore/include/senseApis/senseApiLib.h
+++ b/hcore/include/senseApis/senseApiLib.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
 class SenseApiLib
 {
 public:
-    typedef const CSenseApiDesc *(SenseApiDescGetterFn)(void);
+    typedef const CSenseApiDesc* (SenseApiDescGetterFn)(void);
 
 public:
     SenseApiLib(const std::string& path)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public:
      * This getter function should be visible to dlsym() so that Harikoff can
      * find it in the lib after loading it, and call it.
      */
-    SenseApiDescGetterFn *getSenseApiDescriptor;
+    std::function<SenseApiDescGetterFn> getSenseApiDescriptor;
 
     /**
      * @brief Harikoff will call the `getSenseApiDescriptor` getter function and
diff --git a/hcore/senseApis/senseApiManager.cpp b/hcore/senseApis/senseApiManager.cpp
index c8c9f23..445ea89 100644
--- a/hcore/senseApis/senseApiManager.cpp
+++ b/hcore/senseApis/senseApiManager.cpp
@@ -1,19 +1,63 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <optional>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <senseApis/senseApiManager.h>
 #include <senseApis/senseApiLib.h>
+#include <opts.h>
+#include <user/senseApiDesc.h>
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
 namespace hk {
 namespace sense_api {
 
+static std::optional<std::string> findLibraryPath(
+    const std::string& libraryPath)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> searchPaths = {
+        OptionParser::getOptions().senseApiLibPath,
+        fs::current_path().string(),
+        fs::path("/proc/self/exe").parent_path().string()
+    };
+
+    for (const auto& path : searchPaths)
+    {
+        fs::path fullPath = fs::path(path) / libraryPath;
+        if (fs::exists(fullPath))
+        {
+            return fullPath.string();
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::cerr << std::string(__func__) + ": library '"
+              + libraryPath + "' isn't in search bespoke search paths: ";
+    for (const auto& path : searchPaths)
+    {
+        std::cerr << path << " ";
+    }
+    std::cerr << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "Trying to load " + libraryPath + " from system default search "
+        "paths\n";
+
+    return std::nullopt;
+}
+
 SenseApiLib& SenseApiManager::loadSenseApiLib(const std::string& libraryPath)
 {
-    auto lib = std::make_unique<SenseApiLib>(libraryPath);
+    std::optional<std::string> fullPath = findLibraryPath(libraryPath);
+    auto lib = std::make_unique<SenseApiLib>(fullPath.value_or(libraryPath));
 
     // Clear any existing error
     dlerror();
-    lib->handle.reset(dlopen(libraryPath.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY));
+    lib->handle.reset(dlopen(lib->libraryPath.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY));
+    if (!lib->handle && fullPath.has_value())
+    {
+        // Fallback to using the supplied libraryPath
+        dlerror();
+        lib->handle.reset(dlopen(libraryPath.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY));
+    }
+
     if (!lib->handle)
     {
         std::string error = dlerror()
@@ -25,6 +69,18 @@ SenseApiLib& SenseApiManager::loadSenseApiLib(const std::string& libraryPath)
             + error);
     }
 
+    // Initialize getSenseApiDescriptor
+    auto func = reinterpret_cast<SenseApiLib::SenseApiDescGetterFn*>(
+        dlsym(lib->handle.get(), HK_SENSE_API_DESC_GETTER_FN_NAME));
+    if (!func)
+    {
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            std::string(__func__) + ": dlsym("
+            HK_SENSE_API_DESC_GETTER_FN_NAME ") failed for library '"
+            + lib->libraryPath + "'");
+    }
+    lib->getSenseApiDescriptor = func;
+
     senseApiLibs.push_back(std::move(lib));
     return *senseApiLibs.back();
 }
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 1a069be..0e12b97 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #include <mind.h>
 #include <deviceManager/deviceManager.h>
 
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 try {
-	OptionParser options;
+	OptionParser &options = OptionParser::getOptions();
 	hk::Mind mind;
 
 	std::cout << PACKAGE_NAME << " " << PACKAGE_VERSION << std::endl;