diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Base/Core/EnvironmentInfo.cs b/src/Greenshot.Base/Core/EnvironmentInfo.cs
index 30811fb69..0d163326e 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Base/Core/EnvironmentInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Base/Core/EnvironmentInfo.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
@@ -265,6 +266,12 @@ namespace Greenshot.Base.Core
 
             return exceptionText.ToString();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the directory where the application is located
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string GetApplicationFolder()
+            => Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Base/Core/Language.cs b/src/Greenshot.Base/Core/Language.cs
index 4627a10fc..8794ff54d 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Base/Core/Language.cs
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Base/Core/Language.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace Greenshot.Base.Core
 
             try
             {
-                string applicationFolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
+                string applicationFolder = EnvironmentInfo.GetApplicationFolder();
 
                 // PAF Path
                 if (applicationFolder != null)
diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/Emoji/EmojiData.cs b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/Emoji/EmojiData.cs
index cec1a532d..8b634f684 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/Emoji/EmojiData.cs
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/Emoji/EmojiData.cs
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
-using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Serialization;
+using Greenshot.Base.Core;
 
 namespace Greenshot.Editor.Controls.Emoji
 {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Controls.Emoji
     /// </summary>
     public static class EmojiData
     {
-        private const string EmojisXmlFilePath = "emojis.xml";
+        private static readonly string EmojisXmlFilePath = Path.Combine(EnvironmentInfo.GetApplicationFolder(), "emojis.xml");
 
         public static Emojis Data { get; private set; } = new();
 
diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/Emoji/EmojiRenderer.cs b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/Emoji/EmojiRenderer.cs
index af31e0173..fa50059a1 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/Emoji/EmojiRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/Emoji/EmojiRenderer.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Reflection;
+using Greenshot.Base.Core;
 using SixLabors.Fonts;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Drawing.Processing;
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Drawing.Emoji
 
         private static readonly Lazy<FontFamily> TwemojiFontFamily = new(() =>
         {
-            var exeDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().Location);
-            var twemojiFontFile = Path.Combine(exeDirectory, "Twemoji.Mozilla.ttf");
+            var twemojiFontFile = Path.Combine(EnvironmentInfo.GetApplicationFolder(), "Twemoji.Mozilla.ttf");
             if (!File.Exists(twemojiFontFile))
             {
                 throw new FileNotFoundException($"Can't find {twemojiFontFile}, bad installation?");