diff --git a/src/utils/file.cpp b/src/utils/file.cpp
index 9511ad61..d3d82b99 100644
--- a/src/utils/file.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/file.cpp
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ namespace file_util {
       possible_paths.push_back(xdg_config_dir + suffix + ".ini");
     }
 
-    possible_paths.push_back("/etc" + suffix + ".ini");
+    possible_paths.push_back("@out@" + suffix + ".ini");
 
     for (const string& p : possible_paths) {
       if (exists(p)) {