diff --git a/metropolis/pkg/localregistry/BUILD.bazel b/metropolis/pkg/localregistry/BUILD.bazel
index 4281ac1..ae8c384 100644
--- a/metropolis/pkg/localregistry/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/metropolis/pkg/localregistry/BUILD.bazel
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         "@com_github_docker_distribution//manifest/schema2",
         "@com_github_docker_distribution//reference",
         "@com_github_opencontainers_go_digest//:go-digest",
+        "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/runfiles:go_default_library",
         "@org_golang_google_protobuf//encoding/prototext",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/metropolis/pkg/localregistry/localregistry.go b/metropolis/pkg/localregistry/localregistry.go
index 885259b..aaf0d99 100644
--- a/metropolis/pkg/localregistry/localregistry.go
+++ b/metropolis/pkg/localregistry/localregistry.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/manifestlist"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/ocischema"
@@ -37,7 +38,10 @@
 }
 
 func manifestDescriptorFromBazel(image *spec.Image) (manifestlist.ManifestDescriptor, error) {
-	indexPath := filepath.Join(image.Path, "index.json")
+	indexPath, err := runfiles.Rlocation(filepath.Join("_main", image.Path, "index.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return manifestlist.ManifestDescriptor{}, fmt.Errorf("while locating manifest list file: %w", err)
+	}
 
 	manifestListRaw, err := os.ReadFile(indexPath)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -57,7 +61,10 @@
 }
 
 func manifestFromBazel(s *Server, image *spec.Image, md manifestlist.ManifestDescriptor) (ocischema.Manifest, error) {
-	manifestPath := filepath.Join(image.Path, "blobs", md.Digest.Algorithm().String(), md.Digest.Hex())
+	manifestPath, err := runfiles.Rlocation(filepath.Join("_main", image.Path, "blobs", md.Digest.Algorithm().String(), md.Digest.Hex()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return ocischema.Manifest{}, fmt.Errorf("while locating manifest file: %w", err)
+	}
 	manifestRaw, err := os.ReadFile(manifestPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ocischema.Manifest{}, fmt.Errorf("while opening manifest file: %w", err)