diff --git a/umbrello/file_utils.cpp b/umbrello/file_utils.cpp
index 14bd0801d..90092ae76 100644
--- a/umbrello/file_utils.cpp
+++ b/umbrello/file_utils.cpp
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  *                                                                         *
  *   copyright (C) 2020                                                    *
  *   Umbrello UML Modeller Authors <umbrello-devel@kde.org>                *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "file_utils.h"
 
 // app includes
 #include "debug_utils.h"
 
 // qt includes
 #include <QFileInfo>
-#include <QLibraryInfo>
+#include <QCoreApplication>
 
 namespace File_Utils {
 
 /**
  * returns path to xml catalog
  * @return string with file path
  */
 QString xmlCatalogFilePath()
 {
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    QString dataRoot = QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::BinariesPath) + QLatin1String("/../");
+    QString dataRoot = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + QLatin1String("/../");
 #else
-    QString dataRoot = QLatin1String("/etc/xml");
+    QString dataRoot = QLatin1String("/");
 #endif
-    QFileInfo fi(dataRoot + QLatin1String("/catalog"));
+    QFileInfo fi(dataRoot + QLatin1String("etc/xml/catalog"));
     uDebug() << fi.canonicalFilePath();
     return fi.canonicalFilePath();
 }
 
 } // namespace File_Utils