diff --git a/linux/my_application.cc b/linux/my_application.cc
index 4120e40..742330f 100644
--- a/linux/my_application.cc
+++ b/linux/my_application.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 #include "my_application.h"
 
+// Added to check for location of assets folder
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+// To get the home dir of the user
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+
 #include <flutter_linux/flutter_linux.h>
 #ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11
 #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
@@ -12,6 +21,18 @@ struct _MyApplication {
   char** dart_entrypoint_arguments;
 };
 
+// Redefining from flutter/engine::shell/platform/linux/fl_dart_project.cc
+// struct def required here to enable compiler to allow access to variables
+struct _FlDartProject {
+  GObject parent_instance;
+
+  gboolean enable_mirrors;
+  gchar* aot_library_path;
+  gchar* assets_path;
+  gchar* icu_data_path;
+  gchar** dart_entrypoint_args;
+};
+
 G_DEFINE_TYPE(MyApplication, my_application, GTK_TYPE_APPLICATION)
 
 // Implements GApplication::activate.
@@ -53,6 +74,29 @@ static void my_application_activate(GApplication* application) {
   gtk_widget_show(GTK_WIDGET(window));
 
   g_autoptr(FlDartProject) project = fl_dart_project_new();
+
+  // Check if assets folder is relative to the executable or if we can use a system copy
+  struct stat info;
+  if (stat(fl_dart_project_get_assets_path(project), &info ) != 0 ) {
+    if( stat("/usr/share/cwtch/data/flutter_assets", &info ) != 0 ) {
+      struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+      const char *homedir = pw->pw_dir;
+      // /home/$USER/.local/share/cwtch/data/flutter_assets
+      project->assets_path = g_build_filename(homedir, ".local", "share", "cwtch", "data", "flutter_assets", nullptr);
+      // /home/$USER/bin/cwtch/lib
+      project->aot_library_path = g_build_filename(homedir, "bin", "cwtch", "lib", nullptr);
+      // /home/$USER/.local/share/cwtch/data
+      project->icu_data_path = g_build_filename(homedir, ".local", "share", "cwtch", "data", nullptr);
+    } else {
+      // /usr/share/cwtch/data/flutter_assets
+      project->assets_path = g_build_filename("usr", "share", "cwtch", "data", "flutter_assets", nullptr);
+      // /usr/lib/cwtch
+      project->aot_library_path = g_build_filename("usr", "lib", "cwtch", nullptr);
+      // /usr/share/cwtch/data
+      project->icu_data_path = g_build_filename("usr", "share", "cwtch", "data", nullptr);
+    }
+  }
+
   fl_dart_project_set_dart_entrypoint_arguments(project, self->dart_entrypoint_arguments);
 
   FlView* view = fl_view_new(project);