diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt b/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
index ac3c77c7..1f6dcf5f 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ if (WIN32)
     option(UNLEASHED_RECOMP_D3D12 "Add D3D12 support for rendering" ON)
 endif()
 
-if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
-    option(UNLEASHED_RECOMP_FLATPAK "Configure the build for Flatpak compatibility." OFF)
-endif()
-
 function(BIN2C)
     cmake_parse_arguments(BIN2C_ARGS "" "TARGET_OBJ;SOURCE_FILE;DEST_FILE;ARRAY_NAME;COMPRESSION_TYPE" "" ${ARGN})
 
@@ -300,13 +296,6 @@ else()
     add_executable(UnleashedRecomp ${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_CXX_SOURCES})
 endif()
 
-if (UNLEASHED_RECOMP_FLATPAK)
-    target_compile_definitions(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE 
-        "UNLEASHED_RECOMP_FLATPAK"
-        "GAME_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_PREPROC=\"/var/data\""
-    )
-endif()
-
 if (UNLEASHED_RECOMP_D3D12)
     find_package(directx-headers CONFIG REQUIRED)
     find_package(directx12-agility CONFIG REQUIRED)
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/user/config.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/user/config.cpp
index 07dc56d3..05c98d50 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/user/config.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/user/config.cpp
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@
 
 std::vector<IConfigDef*> g_configDefinitions;
 
+const bool g_isRuntimeFlatpak = 
+#if defined(__linux__)
+    getenv("FLATPAK_SANDBOX_DIR") != nullptr;
+#else
+    false;
+#endif
+
 #define CONFIG_DEFINE_ENUM_TEMPLATE(type) \
     static std::unordered_map<std::string, type> g_##type##_template =
 
-#if defined(__linux__)
-    const bool g_isRuntimeFlatpak = getenv("FLATPAK_SANDBOX_DIR") != nullptr;
-#else
-    const bool g_isRuntimeFlatpak = false;
-#endif
-
 CONFIG_DEFINE_ENUM_TEMPLATE(ELanguage)
 {
     { "English",  ELanguage::English },
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/user/paths.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/user/paths.cpp
index 7dcc6a1f..122c88cf 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/user/paths.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/user/paths.cpp
@@ -4,32 +4,36 @@
 
 std::filesystem::path g_executableRoot = os::process::GetExecutablePath().remove_filename();
 std::filesystem::path g_userPath = BuildUserPath();
-extern const std::string g_gamepath = GetGamePath().string();
+extern const std::string g_gamepath = GetGamePath();
 
 bool CheckPortable()
 {
     return std::filesystem::exists(g_executableRoot / "portable.txt");
 }
 
-std::filesystem::path GetGamePath()
+std::string GetGamePath()
 {
 #if defined(__linux__)
-    if (g_isRuntimeFlatpak || CheckPortable())
-        return GAME_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_PREPROC;
+    if (g_isRuntimeFlatpak) 
+        return "/var/data";
+    
+    if (CheckPortable())
+        return g_executableRoot.string();
 
     const char* homeDir = getenv("HOME");
+    
     if (homeDir == nullptr)
     {
-        return GAME_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_PREPROC;
+        return g_executableRoot.string();
     }
     else 
     {
         std::filesystem::path homePath = homeDir;
         std::filesystem::path gamePath = homePath / ".local/share" / USER_DIRECTORY;
-        return gamePath;
+        return gamePath.string();
     }
 #else
-    return GAME_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_PREPROC;
+    return ".";
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/user/paths.h b/UnleashedRecomp/user/paths.h
index 7881d81d..af47818e 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/user/paths.h
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/user/paths.h
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@
 
 #define USER_DIRECTORY "UnleashedRecomp"
 
-#ifndef GAME_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_PREPROC
-#define GAME_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_PREPROC "."
-#endif
-
 bool CheckPortable();
 std::filesystem::path BuildUserPath();
 const std::filesystem::path& GetUserPath();
 extern const std::string g_gamepath;
-std::filesystem::path GetGamePath();
+std::string GetGamePath();
 
 inline std::filesystem::path GetSavePath(bool checkForMods)
 {
diff --git a/flatpak/io.github.hedge_dev.unleashedrecomp.json b/flatpak/io.github.hedge_dev.unleashedrecomp.json
index f6ae9324..34926b5f 100644
--- a/flatpak/io.github.hedge_dev.unleashedrecomp.json
+++ b/flatpak/io.github.hedge_dev.unleashedrecomp.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       "name": "UnleashedRecomp",
       "buildsystem": "simple",
       "build-commands": [
-        "cmake --preset linux-release -DUNLEASHED_RECOMP_FLATPAK=ON -DSDL2MIXER_VORBIS=VORBISFILE -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache",
+        "cmake --preset linux-release -DSDL2MIXER_VORBIS=VORBISFILE -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache",
         "cmake --build out/build/linux-release --target UnleashedRecomp",
         "mkdir -p /app/bin",
         "cp out/build/linux-release/UnleashedRecomp/UnleashedRecomp /app/bin/UnleashedRecomp",