diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 618a0456020c3f41b7b45f3648992a6e5d55b28d..837b5861f9d6f59ffa48c79084e32f66d7cc5ef3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ dependencies = [
     "jax==0.4.34",
     "jax[cuda12]==0.4.34",
     "jax-triton==0.2.0",
-    "jaxtyping",
+    "jaxtyping==0.2.34",
     "numpy",
     "rdkit==2024.3.5",
     "triton==3.1.0",
     "tqdm",
+    "typeguard==2.13.3",
     "zstandard",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/alphafold3/build_data.py b/src/alphafold3/build_data.py
index 1fcc9cf8dfe6d5c911b9fada228870104a3344fe..0c33338a7cfe646cd353ee37023948aeb2496834 100644
--- a/src/alphafold3/build_data.py
+++ b/src/alphafold3/build_data.py
@@ -11,15 +11,24 @@
 """Script for building intermediate data."""
 
 from importlib import resources
+import pathlib
+import site
 
 import alphafold3.constants.converters
 from alphafold3.constants.converters import ccd_pickle_gen
 from alphafold3.constants.converters import chemical_component_sets_gen
-import share.libcifpp
 
 
 def build_data():
-  cif_path = resources.files(share.libcifpp).joinpath('components.cif')
+  """Builds intermediate data."""
+  for site_path in site.getsitepackages():
+    path = pathlib.Path(site_path) / 'share/libcifpp/components.cif'
+    if path.exists():
+      cif_path = path
+      break
+  else:
+    raise ValueError('Could not find components.cif')
+
   out_root = resources.files(alphafold3.constants.converters)
   ccd_pickle_path = out_root.joinpath('ccd.pickle')
   chemical_component_sets_pickle_path = out_root.joinpath(
diff --git a/src/alphafold3/model/mkdssp_pybind.cc b/src/alphafold3/model/mkdssp_pybind.cc
index 492c1cd2f60fb9a97c213d87f7066dc1df32e35a..27ca7b58c3fe541abd630357a53c89ee229ffb56 100644
--- a/src/alphafold3/model/mkdssp_pybind.cc
+++ b/src/alphafold3/model/mkdssp_pybind.cc
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "alphafold3/model/mkdssp_pybind.h"
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 #include <cif++/file.hpp>
 #include <cif++/pdb.hpp>
@@ -20,18 +19,29 @@
 
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "pybind11/pybind11.h"
+#include "pybind11/pytypes.h"
 
 namespace alphafold3 {
 namespace py = pybind11;
 
 void RegisterModuleMkdssp(pybind11::module m) {
-  py::module resources = py::module::import("importlib.resources");
-  py::module share_libcifpp = py::module::import("share.libcifpp");
-  std::string data_dir =
-      py::cast<std::string>(resources.attr("files")(share_libcifpp)
-                                .attr("joinpath")('.')
-                                .attr("as_posix")());
-  setenv("LIBCIFPP_DATA_DIR", data_dir.c_str(), 0);
+  py::module site = py::module::import("site");
+  py::list paths = py::cast<py::list>(site.attr("getsitepackages")());
+  // Find the first path that contains the libcifpp components.cif file.
+  bool found = false;
+  for (const auto& py_path : paths) {
+    auto path_str =
+        std::filesystem::path(py::cast<absl::string_view>(py_path)) /
+        "share/libcifpp/components.cif";
+    if (std::filesystem::exists(path_str)) {
+      setenv("LIBCIFPP_DATA_DIR", path_str.parent_path().c_str(), 0);
+      found = true;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!found) {
+    throw py::type_error("Could not find the libcifpp components.cif file.");
+  }
   m.def(
       "get_dssp",
       [](absl::string_view mmcif, int model_no,