diff --git a/bot/mozdefbot.py b/bot/mozdefbot.py
index 33077548..0c6bc5d0 100755
--- a/bot/mozdefbot.py
+++ b/bot/mozdefbot.py
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ def isIP(ip):
 def ipLocation(ip):
     location = ""
     try:
-        geoip = GeoIP()
+        geoip_data_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "../data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb")
+        geoip = GeoIP(geoip_data_dir)
         geoDict = geoip.lookup_ip(ip)
         if geoDict is not None:
             if 'error' in geoDict:
diff --git a/mozdef_util/mozdef_util/geo_ip.py b/mozdef_util/mozdef_util/geo_ip.py
index 96d0a03b..e1a8eda8 100644
--- a/mozdef_util/mozdef_util/geo_ip.py
+++ b/mozdef_util/mozdef_util/geo_ip.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-import os
 import geoip2.database
 
 
 class GeoIP(object):
-    def __init__(self, db_location=None):
-        if db_location is None:
-            db_location = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "../data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb")
+    def __init__(self, db_location):
         try:
             self.db = geoip2.database.Reader(db_location)
         except IOError:
diff --git a/mozdef_util/setup.py b/mozdef_util/setup.py
index 8728bf71..8677f1f3 100644
--- a/mozdef_util/setup.py
+++ b/mozdef_util/setup.py
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ setup(
     test_suite='tests',
     tests_require=[],
     url='https://github.com/mozilla/MozDef/tree/master/lib',
-    version='1.0.1',
+    version='1.0.2',
     zip_safe=False,
 )
diff --git a/mq/plugins/geoip.py b/mq/plugins/geoip.py
index 001f8a98..34db7494 100644
--- a/mq/plugins/geoip.py
+++ b/mq/plugins/geoip.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ class message(object):
         '''
         self.registration = ['sourceipaddress', 'destinationipaddress']
         self.priority = 20
-        self.geoip = GeoIP()
+        geoip_data_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "../../data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb")
+        self.geoip = GeoIP(geoip_data_dir)
 
     def ipLocation(self, ip):
         location = dict()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e9d00ab9..e0a12e74 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ KitnIRC==0.2.6
 kombu==4.1.0
 meld3==1.0.2
 mozdef-client==1.0.11
-mozdef-util==1.0.1
+mozdef-util==1.0.2
 MySQL-python==1.2.5
 netaddr==0.7.1
 nose==1.3.7
diff --git a/tests/lib/test_geo_ip.py b/tests/lib/test_geo_ip.py
index 098c0678..a04ee9c0 100644
--- a/tests/lib/test_geo_ip.py
+++ b/tests/lib/test_geo_ip.py
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-import os
-import sys
 from mozdef_util.geo_ip import GeoIP
 
 
 class TestGeoIPLookup(object):
-    def setup(self):
-        self.geo_ip = GeoIP()
-
     # Unfortunately since the db file is not present by default
     # we verify the error
     def test_without_db_file(self):
-        geo_dict = self.geo_ip.lookup_ip('129.21.1.40')
+        geo_ip = GeoIP("nonexistent_db")
+        geo_dict = geo_ip.lookup_ip('129.21.1.40')
         assert geo_dict['error'] == 'No Geolite DB Found!'