diff --git a/packages/agent/src/index.ts b/packages/agent/src/index.ts
index 5f1af9494e3..476e3937f5c 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/index.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ async function loadCharacterTryPath(characterPath: string): Promise<Character> {
     // Try different path resolutions in order
     const pathsToTry = [
         characterPath, // exact path as specified
+        path.resolve(process.cwd(), '..', '..', characterPath), // relative to root directory
         path.resolve(process.cwd(), characterPath), // relative to cwd
         path.resolve(process.cwd(), "agent", characterPath), // Add this
         path.resolve(__dirname, characterPath), // relative to current script