diff --git a/params.cpp b/params.cpp
index 3e69845..6bbe5ed 100644
--- a/params.cpp
+++ b/params.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include "qaglobalutils.h"
-#include <QDir>
 #include <QtLogging>
-
+#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 #include "windows.h"
@@ -232,7 +231,15 @@ bool Params::parseParams(const QStringList &paramsArray, const OptionsDataList &
 
 #endif
 #ifdef Q_OS_DARWIN
-    appPath =  QDir::currentPath();
+    uint32_t size = 0;
+    _NSGetExecutablePath(nullptr, &size);  // request to buffer size
+    std::vector<char> buffer(size);
+    if (_NSGetExecutablePath(buffer.data(), &size) == 0) {
+        appPath =  QString::fromUtf8(buffer.data());
+    } else {
+        appPath =  QString();
+    }
+
     appName =  QCoreApplication::applicationName();
 #endif