diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2.2.1
+-----
+* First consider the cabal new style directory 'dist-newstyle' and then the old one 'dist'
+
 2.2.0
 ------------
 * Support Cabal 2.4 and ghc 8.6
diff --git a/cabal-bounds.cabal b/cabal-bounds.cabal
--- a/cabal-bounds.cabal
+++ b/cabal-bounds.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: >=1.9.2
 name: cabal-bounds
-version: 2.2.0
+version: 2.2.1
 license: BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
 maintainer: daniel.trstenjak@gmail.com
diff --git a/lib/CabalBounds/Main.hs b/lib/CabalBounds/Main.hs
--- a/lib/CabalBounds/Main.hs
+++ b/lib/CabalBounds/Main.hs
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@
    librariesFromPlanFile planFile
 
 libraries "" "" Nothing Nothing cabalFile = do
-   distDir <- liftIO $ CL.findDistDir cabalFile
-   case distDir of
-        Just distDir -> librariesFromSetupConfig $ distDir </> "setup-config"
-        Nothing      -> do
-           newDistDir <- liftIO $ CL.findNewDistDir cabalFile
-           case newDistDir of
-                Just newDistDir -> librariesFromPlanFile $ newDistDir </> "cache" </> "plan.json"
-                Nothing         -> throwE "Couldn't find 'dist' nor 'dist-newstyle' directory! Have you already build the cabal project?"
+   newDistDir <- liftIO $ CL.findNewDistDir cabalFile
+   case newDistDir of
+        Just newDistDir -> librariesFromPlanFile $ newDistDir </> "cache" </> "plan.json"
+        Nothing         -> do
+           distDir <- liftIO $ CL.findDistDir cabalFile
+           case distDir of
+                Just distDir -> librariesFromSetupConfig $ distDir </> "setup-config"
+                Nothing      -> throwE "Couldn't find 'dist-newstyle' nor 'dist' directory! Have you already build the cabal project?"
 
 libraries hpVersion libFile _ _ _ = do
    hpLibs       <- haskellPlatformLibraries hpVersion