diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 737010f..412d950 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # log4js-node
 
+NOTE: v0.3.8 of log4js is the last that will work with node versions older than 0.4. To use v0.3.9 you will need node 0.4 or later.
+
 This is a conversion of the [log4js](http://log4js.berlios.de/index.html) 
 framework to work with [node](http://nodejs.org). I've mainly stripped out the browser-specific code
 and tidied up some of the javascript. It includes a basic file logger, with log rolling based on file size, and also replaces node's console.log functions. 
diff --git a/lib/log4js.js b/lib/log4js.js
index 4cd886e..b48302f 100644
--- a/lib/log4js.js
+++ b/lib/log4js.js
@@ -249,22 +249,15 @@ function getDefaultLogger () {
 }
 
 function findConfiguration() {
-    //add current directory onto the list of configPaths
-    var paths = ['.'].concat(require.paths);
-    //add this module's directory to the end of the list, so that we pick up the default config
-    paths.push(__dirname);
-    var pathsWithConfig = paths.filter( function (pathToCheck) {
-        try {
-            fs.statSync(path.join(pathToCheck, "log4js.json"));
-            return true;
-        } catch (e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    });
-    if (pathsWithConfig.length > 0) {
-        return path.join(pathsWithConfig[0], 'log4js.json');
+    var path;
+    try {
+        path = require.resolve('log4js.json');
+    } catch (e) {
+        //file not found. default to the one in the log4js module.
+        path = __dirname + '/log4js.json';
     }
-    return undefined;
+
+    return path;
 }
 
 function loadConfigurationFile(filename) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45db398..2d11b9d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
    "name": "log4js",
-   "version": "0.3.8",
+   "version": "0.3.9",
    "description": "Port of Log4js to work with node.",
    "keywords": [
        "logging",
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    "bugs": {
        "web": "http://github.com/csausdev/log4js-node/issues" 
    },
-   "engines": [ "node >=0.1.100" ],
+   "engines": [ "node >=0.4" ],
    "scripts": {
        "test": "vows test/*.js" 
    },
diff --git a/test/logging.js b/test/logging.js
index 724e345..02658d1 100644
--- a/test/logging.js
+++ b/test/logging.js
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js').addBatch({
 
     'default setup': {
         topic: function() {
-            var pathsChecked = [],
+            var pathLoaded,
             appenderEvent,
             logger,
             modulePath = require('path').normalize(__dirname + '/../lib/log4js.json'),
@@ -273,17 +273,9 @@ vows.describe('log4js').addBatch({
                     return require('fs').readdirSync(dir);
                 },
                 readFileSync: function (file, encoding) {
-                    assert.equal(file, modulePath);
+                    pathLoaded = file;
                     assert.equal(encoding, 'utf8');
                     return '{ "appenders" : [ { "type": "console", "layout": { "type": "messagePassThrough" }} ] }';
-                },
-                statSync: function (path) {
-                    pathsChecked.push(path);
-                    if (path === modulePath) {
-                        return true;
-                    } else {
-                        throw new Error("no such file");
-                    }
                 }
             },
             fakeConsole = {
@@ -307,18 +299,12 @@ vows.describe('log4js').addBatch({
 
             logger = log4js.getLogger('a-test');
             logger.debug("this is a test");
-            return [ pathsChecked, appenderEvent, modulePath ];
+            return [ pathLoaded, appenderEvent, modulePath ];
         },
 
-        'should check current directory, require paths, and finally the module dir for log4js.json': function(args) {
-            var pathsChecked = args[0];
-              expectedPaths = ['log4js.json'].concat(
-                  require.paths.map(function(item) {
-                      return item + '/log4js.json';
-                  }),
-                  args[2]
-              );
-            assert.deepEqual(pathsChecked, expectedPaths);
+        'should use require.resolve to find log4js.json': function(args) {
+            var pathLoaded = args[0], modulePath = args[2];
+            assert.equal(pathLoaded, modulePath);
         },
 
         'should configure log4js from first log4js.json found': function(args) {