diff --git a/UI/platform-x11.cpp b/UI/platform-x11.cpp
index 1794f2ff6..d977facbc 100644
--- a/UI/platform-x11.cpp
+++ b/UI/platform-x11.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static inline bool check_path(const char *data, const char *path,
 	return (access(output.c_str(), R_OK) == 0);
 }
 
-#define INSTALL_DATA_PATH OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX OBS_DATA_PATH "/obs-studio/"
+#define INSTALL_DATA_PATH OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX "/" OBS_DATA_PATH "/obs-studio/"
 
 bool GetDataFilePath(const char *data, string &output)
 {
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ bool GetDataFilePath(const char *data, string &output)
 	if (relative_data_path) {
 		bool result = check_path(data, relative_data_path, output);
 		bfree(relative_data_path);
-		return result;
+
+		if (result) {
+			return true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (check_path(data, OBS_DATA_PATH "/obs-studio/", output))