diff --git a/src/core/retroarch.cpp b/src/core/retroarch.cpp
index 7502922..c6a572b 100644
--- a/src/core/retroarch.cpp
+++ b/src/core/retroarch.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static void loadConfig( std::map<string, string> &configs ) {
 
 	const fs::path basePath = RetroArch::getBasePath();
 	configs["system_directory"] = (basePath / _NFS("system")).u8string();
-	configs["libretro_directory"] = (basePath / _NFS("cores")).u8string();
+	configs["libretro_directory"] = "@retroArchCoresPath@";
 	configs["savefile_directory"] = (basePath / _NFS("saves")).u8string();
 	configs["savestate_directory"] = (basePath / _NFS("states")).u8string();
 	configs["libretro_info_path"] = (basePath / _NFS("info")).u8string();
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void loadConfig( std::map<string, string> &configs ) {
 #if defined(FLATPAK_VERSION)
 	configs["assets_directory"] = "/app/share/libretro/assets/";
 #elif defined(__linux__)
-	configs["assets_directory"] = (BaseDir::data() / "retro-data" / "assets").u8string();
+	configs["assets_directory"] = "@retroArchAssetsPath@";;
 	configs["osk_overlay_directory"] = (BaseDir::data() / "retro-data" / "overlays" / "keyboards").u8string();
 	configs["overlay_directory"] = (BaseDir::data() / "retro-data" / "overlays").u8string();
 	configs["audio_filter_dir"] = (BaseDir::data() / "retro-data" / "filters" / "audio").u8string();
@@ -866,13 +866,7 @@ fs::path RetroArch::getBasePath() {
 }
 
 fs::path RetroArch::getCorePath() {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-	return RetroArch::getBasePath() / L"cores" / L"parallel_n64_next_libretro.dll";
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
-	return RetroArch::getBasePath() / "cores" / "parallel_n64_next_libretro.dylib";
-#else
-	return RetroArch::getBasePath() / "cores" / "parallel_n64_next_libretro.so";
-#endif
+	return "@parallelN64CorePath@";
 }
 
 fs::path RetroArch::getConfigPath() {
@@ -887,7 +881,7 @@ fs::path RetroArch::getExePath() {
 #elif defined(FLATPAK_VERSION)
 	return BaseDir::program() / "retroarch";
 #else
-	return BaseDir::data() / "appimage" / "RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage";
+	return "@retroArchExePath@";
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index fbd4c92..91ef84e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv ) {
 		fs::path( "/usr/local/share/parallel-launcher/translations/" ),
 		fs::path( "/usr/share/parallel-launcher/translations/" )
 #else
-		fs::path( "/usr/share/parallel-launcher/translations/" ),
+		fs::path( "@sharePath@/translations/" ),
 		fs::path( "/usr/local/share/parallel-launcher/translations/" ),
 		BaseDir::program() / "lang"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/plugins/discord-plugin.cpp b/src/plugins/discord-plugin.cpp
index 055c0ee..7ce44fb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discord-plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/discord-plugin.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const DiscordPlugin &DiscordPlugin::tryLoad( bool *success ) noexcept {
 		return s_abi;
 	}
 
-	void *handle = dlopen( (BaseDir::data() / "plugins" / "libdiscord-rpc.so").u8string().c_str(), RTLD_NOW );
+	void *handle = dlopen( "libdiscord-rpc.so", RTLD_NOW );
 	if( !handle ) {
 		if( success != nullptr ) *success = false;
 		return s_stub;
diff --git a/src/polyfill/base-directory.cpp b/src/polyfill/base-directory.cpp
index 2dcc704..45970a4 100644
--- a/src/polyfill/base-directory.cpp
+++ b/src/polyfill/base-directory.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static Locations getLocations() {
 #if defined(FLATPAK_VERSION)
 		fs::path( "/app/share/parallel-launcher" )
 #elif defined(__linux__)
-		fs::path( "/usr/share/parallel-launcher" )
+		fs::path( "@sharePath@" )
 #endif
 	};
 }