diff --git a/src/poptracker.cpp b/src/poptracker.cpp
index dbf477b..6ccfac2 100644
--- a/src/poptracker.cpp
+++ b/src/poptracker.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ PopTracker::PopTracker(int argc, char** argv, bool cli, const json& args)
         Pack::addOverrideSearchPath(os_pathcat(appPath, "user-override")); // portable/system overrides
         Assets::addSearchPath(os_pathcat(appPath, "assets")); // system assets
     }
+    Assets::addSearchPath("@assets@");
 
     _asio = new asio::io_service();
     HTTP::certfile = asset("cacert.pem"); // https://curl.se/docs/caextract.html