diff --git a/py/desispec/exposure_qa.py b/py/desispec/exposure_qa.py
index f3c5d66d1..13c661850 100644
--- a/py/desispec/exposure_qa.py
+++ b/py/desispec/exposure_qa.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def get_qa_params() :
     """
     global _qa_params
     if _qa_params is None :
-        param_filename = resources('desispec').joinpath('data/qa/qa-params.yaml')
+        param_filename = resources.files('desispec').joinpath('data/qa/qa-params.yaml')
         with open(param_filename) as f:
             _qa_params = yaml.safe_load(f)
     return _qa_params