diff --git a/zellij-utils/assets/README.md b/zellij-utils/assets/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c4821d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zellij-utils/assets/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Assets for the Utils Crate
+
+Here reside assets, that are especially needed for
+setup eg. a default configuration file.
diff --git a/assets/config/default.yaml b/zellij-utils/assets/config/default.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/config/default.yaml
rename to zellij-utils/assets/config/default.yaml
diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/setup.rs b/zellij-utils/src/setup.rs
index d7ddefe4..f09ec49e 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/setup.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/setup.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub fn dump_asset(asset: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<()> {
 pub const DEFAULT_CONFIG: &[u8] = include_bytes!(concat!(
     env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
     "/",
-    "../assets/config/default.yaml"
+    "assets/config/default.yaml"
 ));
 
 pub fn dump_default_config() -> std::io::Result<()> {