diff --git a/examples/nci/ls.pir b/examples/nci/ls.pir
index 182e5be..10ca98b 100644
--- a/examples/nci/ls.pir
+++ b/examples/nci/ls.pir
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ In this encarnation it works on linux i386 and amd64 systems.
      .local pmc opendir
      .local pmc readdir
      .local pmc closedir
+
+     load_bytecode 'NCI/Utils.pbc'
+     $P1 = get_root_global ['parrot';'NCI';'Utils'], 'dlfancy'
+
      libc = loadlib 'libc'
-     dlfunc opendir, libc, 'opendir', 'pt'
+     opendir = $P1(libc, 'opendir', 'pt')
      dlfunc readdir, libc, 'readdir', 'pp'
      dlfunc closedir, libc, 'closedir', 'ip'
      .local pmc curdir