diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.h b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.h
index 2396d86ea0..63b7f3f2c2 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.h
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.h
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ void rename(const Path& old_path, const Path& new_path, std::error_code& ec);
 
 Path current_path();
 
-Path application_path();
+Path application_binary_path();
+Path application_working_path();
 
 
 
diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Linux.h b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Linux.h
index 51d3109835..f2264c22ef 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Linux.h
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Linux.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace PokemonAutomation{
 namespace Filesystem{
 
 
-Path application_path(){
+Path application_binary_path(){
     char buffer[PATH_MAX];
     ssize_t count = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buffer, PATH_MAX);
     if (count != -1) {
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Path application_path(){
     }
     return Path();
 }
+Path application_working_path(){
+    return application_binary_path();
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Mac.h b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Mac.h
index bf9b26abfd..95636fc1cb 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Mac.h
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Mac.h
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <vector>
+#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
+#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
+#include <CoreFoundation/CFBundle.h>
 #include "FilePath.h"
 
 namespace PokemonAutomation{
 namespace Filesystem{
 
 
-Path application_path(){
+Path application_binary_path(){
     char buffer[PATH_MAX];
     uint32_t size = sizeof(buffer);
     if (_NSGetExecutablePath(buffer, &size) == 0) {
@@ -23,5 +26,54 @@ Path application_path(){
 
 
 
+std::filesystem::path CFString_to_path(CFStringRef cfString) {
+    if (!cfString) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    // 1. Get the exact buffer size needed for the file system representation
+    CFIndex maxLength = CFStringGetMaximumSizeOfFileSystemRepresentation(cfString);
+
+    // 2. Allocate a buffer to store the raw file system bytes
+    std::vector<char> buffer(maxLength);
+
+    // 3. Extract the file system representation directly into the buffer
+    if (CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation(cfString, buffer.data(), buffer.size())) {
+        return std::filesystem::path(buffer.data());
+    }
+
+    // Fallback: If file-system specific translation failed, try standard UTF-8 text extraction
+    CFIndex length = CFStringGetLength(cfString);
+    CFIndex maxSize = CFStringGetMaximumSizeForEncoding(length, kCFStringEncodingUTF8) + 1;
+    std::vector<char> fallbackBuffer(maxSize);
+
+    if (CFStringGetCString(cfString, fallbackBuffer.data(), fallbackBuffer.size(), kCFStringEncodingUTF8)) {
+        return std::filesystem::path(fallbackBuffer.data());
+    }
+
+    return {};
+}
+Path application_working_path(){
+    //  Use CFBundle to find the .app bundle path.
+    //  Change working directory to the folder that hosts the .app bundle.
+    CFURLRef bundleURL = CFBundleCopyBundleURL(CFBundleGetMainBundle());
+    if (bundleURL){
+        CFStringRef cfPath = CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(bundleURL, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle);
+        CFRelease(bundleURL);
+        if (cfPath){
+            std::filesystem::path bundlePath = CFString_to_path(cfPath);
+            CFRelease(cfPath);
+            if (bundlePath.extension() == ".app"){
+                return std::filesystem::absolute(bundlePath).parent_path().lexically_normal();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    //  Fallback
+    return application_binary_path();
+}
+
+
+
 }
 }
diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Qt.h b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Qt.h
index 5a6aa70358..c9e3e7b0f1 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Qt.h
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Qt.h
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ namespace PokemonAutomation{
 namespace Filesystem{
 
 
-Path application_path(){
+Path application_binary_path(){
     QString application_dir_path = qApp->applicationDirPath();
     return Path(application_dir_path.toStdString());
 }
+Path application_working_path(){
+    return application_binary_path();
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Windows.h b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Windows.h
index 264876dd68..ddfbdb576e 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Windows.h
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem_Windows.h
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ namespace PokemonAutomation{
 namespace Filesystem{
 
 
-Path application_path(){
+Path application_binary_path(){
     wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
     GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, buffer, MAX_PATH);
     return std::filesystem::path(buffer).parent_path();
 }
+Path application_working_path(){
+    return application_binary_path();
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/GlobalAutoPaths.cpp b/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/GlobalAutoPaths.cpp
index 185be4f0f0..844f0de064 100644
--- a/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/GlobalAutoPaths.cpp
+++ b/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/GlobalAutoPaths.cpp
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QDir>
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-#include <CoreFoundation/CFBundle.h>
-#endif
 #include "Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.h"
 #include "GlobalAutoPaths.h"
 
@@ -58,21 +55,7 @@ namespace{
 
 
 Filesystem::Path get_application_base_dir_path(){
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-    //  Use CFBundle to find the .app bundle path. Change working directory to the folder that hosts the .app bundle.
-    CFURLRef bundleURL = CFBundleCopyBundleURL(CFBundleGetMainBundle());
-    if (bundleURL){
-        CFStringRef cfPath = CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(bundleURL, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle);
-        CFRelease(bundleURL);
-        if (cfPath){
-            QString bundlePath = QDir::cleanPath(QString::fromCFString(cfPath));
-            CFRelease(cfPath);
-            if (bundlePath.endsWith(".app")){
-                return QFileInfo(bundlePath).dir().absolutePath().toStdString();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-#elif defined(__linux__)
+#if defined(__linux__)
     // Check for AppImage environment variables to find the root directory, if running as an AppImage.
     // PA_APPIMAGE_DIR is set by Azure via a patched AppRun script.
     QByteArray dir = qgetenv("PA_APPIMAGE_DIR");
@@ -108,7 +91,7 @@ Filesystem::Path get_application_base_dir_path(){
         }
     }
 #endif
-    return Filesystem::application_path();
+    return Filesystem::application_working_path();
 }
 std::string get_resource_path(){
     //  Find the resource directory.
diff --git a/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/Main.cpp b/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/Main.cpp
index 61aa9eb129..744f84f9b2 100644
--- a/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/Main.cpp
+++ b/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/Main.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int run_program(int argc, char *argv[]){
     logger.log("================================================================================");
     logger.log("Starting Program...");
     logger.log("Current path: " + Filesystem::current_path().string_slash_normalized());
-    logger.log("Executable path: " + Filesystem::application_path().string_slash_normalized());
+    logger.log("Executable path: " + Filesystem::application_binary_path().string_slash_normalized());
     logger.log("Program setting folder: " + SETTINGS_PATH());
     logger.log("Program resources folder: " + RESOURCE_PATH());