diff --git a/ts/smartpath.get.ts b/ts/smartpath.get.ts
index f3d8fec..765302b 100644
--- a/ts/smartpath.get.ts
+++ b/ts/smartpath.get.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ export const type = (pathStringArg: string): TPathType => {
 /**
  * gets the dirname from import.meta.url
  */
-export const getDirnameFromImportMetaUrl = () => {
-
+export const getDirnameFromImportMetaUrl = (importMetaUrlArg: string) => {
+  return plugins.path.dirname(plugins.url.fileURLToPath(importMetaUrlArg));
 }
 
 /**