diff --git a/examples/pybullet/examples/saveWorld.py b/examples/pybullet/examples/saveWorld.py
index f6f6278ed..e4026770f 100644
--- a/examples/pybullet/examples/saveWorld.py
+++ b/examples/pybullet/examples/saveWorld.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import pybullet as p
 import time
+import pybullet_data
 
 p.connect(p.SHARED_MEMORY)
+
+p.setAdditionalSearchPath(pybullet_data.getDataPath())
 timestr = time.strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
 filename = "saveWorld" + timestr + ".py"
 p.saveWorld(filename)