diff --git a/common/util/FileUtil.cpp b/common/util/FileUtil.cpp
index 726407177d..40c13d5a64 100644
--- a/common/util/FileUtil.cpp
+++ b/common/util/FileUtil.cpp
@@ -8,26 +8,26 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-std::string FileUtil::GetExecutablePath() {
+std::string FileUtil::GetProjectPath() {
 #ifdef _WIN32
   char buffer[FILENAME_MAX];
   GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, buffer, FILENAME_MAX);
   std::string::size_type pos =
-      std::string(buffer).find_last_of("/\\");  // Strip executable from file path
-  return std::string(buffer).substr(0, pos);
+      std::string(buffer).rfind("\\jak-project\\");  // Strip file path down to \jak-project\ directory
+  return std::string(buffer).substr(0, pos + 12); // + 12 to include "\jak-project" in the returned filepath
 #else  // do Linux stuff
   char buffer[FILENAME_MAX];
   readlink("/proc/self/exe", buffer,
            FILENAME_MAX);  // /proc/self acts like a "virtual folder" containing information about
                            // the current process
   std::string::size_type pos =
-      std::string(buffer).find_last_of("/\\");  // Strip executable from file path
-  return std::string(buffer).substr(0, pos);
+      std::string(buffer).find_last_of("/jak-project/");  // Strip file path down to /jak-project/ directory
+  return std::string(buffer).substr(0, pos + 12); // + 12 to include "/jak-project" in the returned filepath
 #endif
 }
 
 std::string FileUtil::get_file_path(const std::vector<std::string>& input) {
-  std::string currentPath = FileUtil::GetExecutablePath();
+  std::string currentPath = FileUtil::GetProjectPath();
   char dirSeparator;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/common/util/FileUtil.h b/common/util/FileUtil.h
index 97e4ea97e5..a5ebddcfe8 100644
--- a/common/util/FileUtil.h
+++ b/common/util/FileUtil.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace FileUtil {
-std::string GetExecutablePath();
+std::string GetProjectPath();
 std::string get_file_path(const std::vector<std::string>& input);
 }  // namespace FileUtil