diff --git a/nglview/__init__.py b/nglview/__init__.py
index 78365bda..fffb84b1 100644
--- a/nglview/__init__.py
+++ b/nglview/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 def _jupyter_nbextension_paths():
     return [{
         'section': 'notebook',
-        'src': 'static',
+        'src': 'nbextension',
         'dest': 'nglview-js-widgets',
         'require': 'nglview-js-widgets/extension'
     }]
diff --git a/tests/test_widget.py b/tests/test_widget.py
index fd5ad3e9..a2dd8f63 100644
--- a/tests/test_widget.py
+++ b/tests/test_widget.py
@@ -706,9 +706,8 @@ def copy_coordinate_dict(view):
 
 def test_existing_js_files():
     from glob import glob
-    jsfiles = glob(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(nv.__file__), 'static', '*js'))
-    mapfiles = glob(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(nv.__file__), 'static',
-                                 '*map'))
+    jsfiles = glob(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(nv.__file__), 'nbextension', '*js'))
+    mapfiles = glob(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(nv.__file__), 'nbextension', '*map'))
 
     assert len(jsfiles) == 2
     assert len(mapfiles) == 1