diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/FilePath.h b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/FilePath.h
index 2f705c3248..b6e1e28bbe 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/FilePath.h
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/FilePath.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class Path{
         m_path.clear();
     }
 
+
 public:
     //  Implicit conversion to the C++ std::filesystem::path so it can be passed to other library functions.
     operator const std::filesystem::path&() const{
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ class Path{
         return m_path;
     }
 
+
 public:
     bool empty() const{
         return m_path.empty();
@@ -109,12 +111,18 @@ class Path{
         return m_path.extension();
     }
 
+    Path lexically_normal() const{
+        return m_path.lexically_normal();
+    }
+
+
 public:
     Path& replace_extension(const Path& replacement){
         m_path.replace_extension(replacement);
         return *this;
     }
 
+
 public:
     friend bool operator==(const Path& x, const Path& y){
         return x.m_path == y.m_path;
@@ -130,6 +138,7 @@ class Path{
 
     friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const Path& x);
 
+
 private:
     std::filesystem::path m_path;
 };
diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.cpp b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.cpp
index a61f494c41..aa0c5ff454 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.cpp
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ namespace Filesystem{
 
 
 
+Path absolute(const Path& path){
+    return std::filesystem::absolute(path.stdpath());
+}
+
 bool exists(const Path& path){
     return std::filesystem::exists(path.stdpath());
 }
diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.h b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.h
index 30cadb0343..f68f73a59c 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.h
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Filesystem/Filesystem.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ namespace PokemonAutomation{
 namespace Filesystem{
 
 
+Path absolute(const Path& path);
+
 //  Whether a path exists.
 bool exists(const Path& path);
 
diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Strings/StringTools.cpp b/Common/Cpp/Strings/StringTools.cpp
index 470f7c47e3..f53ed5b082 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Strings/StringTools.cpp
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Strings/StringTools.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ namespace PokemonAutomation{
 namespace StringTools{
 
 
-std::string replace(const std::string& str, const std::string& desired, const std::string& replace_with){
+std::string replace(
+    const std::string& str,
+    const std::string& desired,
+    const std::string& replace_with
+){
     std::string ret;
     size_t index = 0;
     while (index < str.size()){
diff --git a/Common/Cpp/Strings/StringTools.h b/Common/Cpp/Strings/StringTools.h
index 603c2f346c..f7bccbd734 100644
--- a/Common/Cpp/Strings/StringTools.h
+++ b/Common/Cpp/Strings/StringTools.h
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ namespace PokemonAutomation{
 namespace StringTools{
 
 
-std::string replace(const std::string& str, const std::string& desired, const std::string& replace_with);
+std::string replace(
+    const std::string& str,
+    const std::string& desired,
+    const std::string& replace_with
+);
 
 // Trim leading and trailing white spaces
 std::string strip(const std::string& str);
diff --git a/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/GlobalAutoPaths.cpp b/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/GlobalAutoPaths.cpp
index e32fcf63c2..3f46fef5b8 100644
--- a/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/GlobalAutoPaths.cpp
+++ b/SerialPrograms/Source/CommonFramework/GlobalAutoPaths.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <fstream>
+#include "Common/Cpp/Strings/StringTools.h"
 #include "Common/Cpp/Filesystem/FileIO.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ namespace{
 
 
 
+
 Filesystem::Path get_application_base_dir_path(){
 #if defined(__linux__)
     // Check for AppImage environment variables to find the root directory, if running as an AppImage.
@@ -93,10 +95,12 @@ Filesystem::Path get_application_base_dir_path(){
                     if (pre.size() < 5 || post.size() < 2){
                         continue;
                     }
-                    QString mountPoint = pre[4].replace(QStringLiteral("\\040"), QStringLiteral(" "));
-                    QString source = post[1].replace(QStringLiteral("\\040"), QStringLiteral(" "));
-                    if (mountPoint == QString::fromUtf8(app_dir) && source.endsWith(QStringLiteral(".AppImage"))){
-                        return QDir::cleanPath(QFileInfo(source).dir().absolutePath()).toStdString();
+                    std::string mount_point = StringTools::replace(pre[4].toStdString(), "\\040", " ");
+                    std::string source = StringTools::replace(post[1].toStdString(), "\\040", " ");
+                    if (mount_point == app_dir && source.ends_with(".AppImage")){
+                        Filesystem::Path dir_path = Filesystem::Path(source).parent_path();
+                        Filesystem::Path abs_path = Filesystem::absolute(dir_path);
+                        return abs_path.lexically_normal();
                     }
                 }
             }