diff -dNur a/SpaceCadetPinball/winmain.cpp b/SpaceCadetPinball/winmain.cpp
--- a/SpaceCadetPinball/winmain.cpp	2021-10-17 17:18:29.000000000 +0200
+++ b/SpaceCadetPinball/winmain.cpp	2021-10-17 21:11:46.800147799 +0200
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
 		SDL_ShowSimpleMessageBox(SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR, "Could not initialize SDL2", SDL_GetError(), nullptr);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	BasePath = SDL_GetBasePath();
+	/* BasePath = SDL_GetBasePath(); */
+	BasePath = "/usr/share/spacecadetpinball/";
 
 	pinball::quickFlag = strstr(lpCmdLine, "-quick") != nullptr;
 	DatFileName = options::get_string("Pinball Data", pinball::get_rc_string(168, 0));