diff --git a/src/main/constants.ts b/src/main/constants.ts
index d5c5fa6..a1b32f1 100644
--- a/src/main/constants.ts
+++ b/src/main/constants.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const VENCORD_THEMES_DIR = join(DATA_DIR, "themes");
 // needs to be inline require because of circular dependency
 // as otherwise "DATA_DIR" (which is used by ./settings) will be uninitialised
 export const VENCORD_FILES_DIR =
-    (require("./settings") as typeof import("./settings")).Settings.store.vencordDir || join(DATA_DIR, "vencordDist");
+    (require("./settings") as typeof import("./settings")).Settings.store.vencordDir || "@vencord@";
 
 export const USER_AGENT = `Vesktop/${app.getVersion()} (https://github.com/Vencord/Vesktop)`;
 