diff --git a/db/nexrad.sql b/db/nexrad.sql
index fb7481d..bdf07b5 100644
--- a/db/nexrad.sql
+++ b/db/nexrad.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-select load_extension('mod_spatialite');
+select load_extension('mod_spatialite.so.8');
 select InitSpatialMetadata(1);
 
 begin transaction;
diff --git a/lib/nexrad/db.py b/lib/nexrad/db.py
index 2af9515..8d58fff 100644
--- a/lib/nexrad/db.py
+++ b/lib/nexrad/db.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Database():
         db = sqlite3.connect(path)
         db.enable_load_extension(True)
 
-        db.execute('select load_extension("mod_spatialite")')
+        db.execute('select load_extension("mod_spatialite.so.8")')
         db.execute('select InitSpatialMetadata(1)')
 
         return db