diff --git a/librecad/src/lib/engine/rs_system.cpp b/librecad/src/lib/engine/rs_system.cpp
index db81b075a..72870af12 100644
--- a/librecad/src/lib/engine/rs_system.cpp
+++ b/librecad/src/lib/engine/rs_system.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void RS_System::initLanguageList() {
     QStringList lst = getFileList("qm", "qm");
 
     RS_SETTINGS->beginGroup("/Paths");
-    lst += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry("/Translations", "")).split(";", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+    lst += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry("/Translations", "/usr/share/librecad/qm")).split(";", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     RS_SETTINGS->endGroup();
 
     for (QStringList::Iterator it = lst.begin();
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ void RS_System::loadTranslation(const QString& lang, const QString& /*langCmd*/)
     QStringList lst = getDirectoryList( "qm");
 
     RS_SETTINGS->beginGroup( "/Paths");
-    lst += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Translations", "")).split( ";", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+    lst += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Translations", "/usr/share/librecad/qm")).split( ";", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     RS_SETTINGS->endGroup();
 
     if( tLibreCAD != NULL) {
@@ -585,16 +585,16 @@ QStringList RS_System::getDirectoryList(const QString& _subDirectory) {
     // from package manager the executable is in /usr/bin
     // in AppImage the executable is APPDIR/usr/bin
     // so this should work for package manager and AppImage distribution
-    dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( appDir + "/../share/doc/" + appDirName + "/" + subDirectory));
+    dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( "/usr/share/doc/" + appDirName + "/" + subDirectory));
 
     // try various locations for different Linux distributions
-    dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( appDir + "/../share/" + appDirName + "/" + subDirectory));
-    dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( appDir + "/../lib64/" + appDirName + "/" + subDirectory));
-    dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( appDir + "/../lib/" + appDirName + "/" + subDirectory));
+    dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( "/usr/share/" + appDirName + "/" + subDirectory));
+    dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( "/usr/lib64/" + appDirName + "/" + subDirectory));
+    dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( "/usr/lib/" + appDirName + "/" + subDirectory));
 
     if (QStringLiteral( "plugins") == subDirectory) {
-        dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( appDir + "/../lib64/" + appDirName));
-        dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( appDir + "/../lib/" + appDirName));
+        dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( "/usr/lib64/" + appDirName));
+        dirList.append( QDir::cleanPath( "/usr/lib/" + appDirName));
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -614,23 +614,23 @@ QStringList RS_System::getDirectoryList(const QString& _subDirectory) {
     // Individual directories:
     RS_SETTINGS->beginGroup( "/Paths");
     if (subDirectory == "fonts") {
-        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Fonts", "")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
+        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Fonts", "/usr/share/librecad/fonts")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
                                                                   QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     }
     else if (subDirectory == "patterns") {
-        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Patterns", "")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
+        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Patterns", "/usr/share/librecad/patterns")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
                                                                      QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     }
     else if (subDirectory.startsWith( "scripts")) {
-        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Scripts", "")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
+        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Scripts", "/usr/lib/librecad/plugins")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
                                                                     QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     }
     else if (subDirectory.startsWith( "library")) {
-        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Library", "")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
+        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Library", "/usr/share/librecad/library")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
                                                                     QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     }
     else if (subDirectory.startsWith( "qm")) {
-        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Translations", "")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
+        dirList += (RS_SETTINGS->readEntry( "/Translations", "/usr/share/librecad/qm")).split( QRegExp("[;]"),
                                                                          QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     }
     RS_SETTINGS->endGroup();