diff --git a/sbin/preload.perl b/sbin/preload.perl
index 1d2cf228b..4e54f6820 100644
--- a/sbin/preload.perl
+++ b/sbin/preload.perl
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ use strict;
 
 my $webguiRoot = '/data/WebGUI';
 
-@INC = "$webguiRoot/lib", grep { $_ ne q{.} } @INC;
+@INC = grep { $_ ne q{.} } @INC;
+
+unshift @INC, "$webguiRoot/lib";
 
 # add custom lib directories to library search path
 unshift @INC, grep {