diff --git a/packages/wasm/src/index.ts b/packages/wasm/src/index.ts
index 35428542..fcbca22d 100644
--- a/packages/wasm/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/wasm/src/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ import { MtcuteWasmModule, SyncInitInput } from './types.js'
 
 export * from './types.js'
 
+export function getWasmUrl(): URL {
+    // would be nice if we could just use `new URL('@mtcute/wasm/mtcute.wasm', import.meta.url)`
+    // wherever this is used, but vite does some funky stuff with transitive dependencies
+    // making it not work. probably related to https://github.com/vitejs/vite/issues/8427,
+    // but asking the user to deoptimize the entire @mtcute/web is definitely not a good idea
+    // so we'll just use this hack for now
+    return new URL('../mtcute.wasm', import.meta.url)
+}
+
 let wasm!: MtcuteWasmModule
 let compressor!: number
 let decompressor!: number
diff --git a/packages/web/src/wasm.ts b/packages/web/src/wasm.ts
index 9b75f543..1f9d6471 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/wasm.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/wasm.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import { getWasmUrl } from '@mtcute/wasm'
+
 export type WasmInitInput = RequestInfo | URL | Response | BufferSource | WebAssembly.Module
 
 export async function loadWasmBinary(input?: WasmInitInput): Promise<WebAssembly.Instance> {
     if (typeof input === 'undefined') {
-        input = new URL('@mtcute/wasm/mtcute.wasm', import.meta.url)
+        input = getWasmUrl()
     }
 
     if (