diff --git a/client/app_start.cpp b/client/app_start.cpp
index 2011bc4394..328862a5f9 100644
--- a/client/app_start.cpp
+++ b/client/app_start.cpp
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ int ACTIVE_TASK::start() {
         fref = app_version->app_files[i];
         fip = fref.file_info;
         if (fref.main_program) {
+            get_pathname(fip, file_path, sizeof(file_path));
             safe_strcpy(exec_name, fip->name);
             safe_strcpy(exec_path, file_path);
         }