diff --git a/src/pc/platform.c b/src/pc/platform.c
index e68370a44..760985edb 100644
--- a/src/pc/platform.c
+++ b/src/pc/platform.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ const char *sys_user_path(void) {
     static char path[SYS_MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
 
     // get the new pref path from SDL
-    char *sdlpath = SDL_GetPrefPath("", "sm64ex");
+    char *sdlpath = SDL_GetPrefPath("", "sm64ex-coop");
     if (sdlpath) {
         const unsigned int len = strlen(sdlpath);
         strncpy(path, sdlpath, sizeof(path));