diff --git a/YACReaderLibrary/library_creator.cpp b/YACReaderLibrary/library_creator.cpp
index 656e2d4f..f2c56a10 100644
--- a/YACReaderLibrary/library_creator.cpp
+++ b/YACReaderLibrary/library_creator.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void LibraryCreator::run()
 	stopRunning = false;
 
 	//check for 7z lib
-	QLibrary *sevenzLib = new QLibrary("./utils/7z");
+    QLibrary *sevenzLib = new QLibrary(QApplication::applicationDirPath()+"/utils/7z");
 	if(!sevenzLib->load())
 	{
 		QLOG_ERROR() << "Loading 7z.dll : " + sevenzLib->errorString() << endl;
diff --git a/compressed_archive/compressed_archive.cpp b/compressed_archive/compressed_archive.cpp
index f6535d33..7a5ae860 100644
--- a/compressed_archive/compressed_archive.cpp
+++ b/compressed_archive/compressed_archive.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ bool CompressedArchive::loadFunctions()
 	// fix1: try to load "7z.so"
 	// fix2: rename 7z.so to 7z.dylib
 	if(sevenzLib == 0)
-		sevenzLib = new QLibrary("./utils/7z");
+        sevenzLib = new QLibrary(QApplication::applicationDirPath()+"/utils/7z");
 	if(!sevenzLib->load())
 	{
 		qDebug() << "Loading 7z.dll : " + sevenzLib->errorString() << endl;