diff --git a/libsemigroups_cppyy/__init__.py b/libsemigroups_cppyy/__init__.py
index 3e0faf3..38be33b 100644
--- a/libsemigroups_cppyy/__init__.py
+++ b/libsemigroups_cppyy/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import libsemigroups_cppyy.detail
 from libsemigroups_cppyy.adapters import *
 
-cppyy.load_library("libsemigroups.1")
+cppyy.load_library("libsemigroups")
 
 cppyy.cppdef("#define FMT_HEADER_ONLY")
 cppyy.cppdef("#define HPCOMBI_CONSTEXPR_FUN_ARGS")