diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0657afee..70a4542d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ fn main() {
     let resource = {
         match gio::Resource::load(format!("data/{}.gresource", NAMESPACE)) {
             Ok(resource) => resource,
-            Err(_) => gio::Resource::load(format!("data/{}.gresource", NAMESPACE)).unwrap(),
+            Err(_) => {
+                gio::Resource::load(format!("/usr/share/{}/{}.gresource", NAMESPACE, NAMESPACE))
+                    .unwrap()
+            }
         }
     };