diff --git a/oscar/SleepLib/common.cpp b/oscar/SleepLib/common.cpp
index b5dfcd6a..ec91ce42 100644
--- a/oscar/SleepLib/common.cpp
+++ b/oscar/SleepLib/common.cpp
@@ -224,8 +224,14 @@ QString appResourcePath()
 #else
 //    QStringList paths = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation);
     // Check the Appiication Path first, so we can execute out of the build directory
-    QStringList paths = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
-    paths.pushBack( QString( "/usr/share/" ) + QCoreApplication::applicationName() );
+    QStringList paths;
+    // This one will be used if the Html and Translations folders 
+    // are in the same folder as  the OSCAR executable
+    paths.push_back( QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() );
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX    
+    paths.push_back( QString( "/usr/share/" ) + QCoreApplication::applicationName() );
+    paths.push_back( QString( "/usr/local/share/" ) + QCoreApplication::applicationName() );
+#endif    
     for (auto p = begin(paths); p != end(paths); ++p ) {
         QString fname = *p+QString("/Translations/oscar_qt_fr.qm");
         qDebug() << "Trying" << fname;
diff --git a/oscar/main.cpp b/oscar/main.cpp
index 5d9d68ec..22503757 100644
--- a/oscar/main.cpp
+++ b/oscar/main.cpp
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     qDebug().noquote() << "OSCAR starting" << QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString();
     qDebug() << "APP-NAME:" << QCoreApplication::applicationName();
-    qDebug() << "APP-PATH:" << QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath();
+    qDebug() << "APP-PATH:" << QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
     qDebug() << "APP-RESOURCES:" << appResourcePath();
 
 #ifdef QT_DEBUG