diff --git i/widgets/settings/settingsdialog.cpp w/widgets/settings/settingsdialog.cpp
index 4deff1f..16845b5 100644
--- i/widgets/settings/settingsdialog.cpp
+++ w/widgets/settings/settingsdialog.cpp
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ bool setAutostartEnabled(bool enabled)
         desktopFile.write("[Desktop Entry]\n"
                           "Name=" APP_NAME "\n"
                           "Exec=\"");
-        desktopFile.write(qEnvironmentVariable("APPIMAGE", QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath()).toUtf8().data());
+        desktopFile.write(qEnvironmentVariable("APPIMAGE", EXEC_NIX_PATH).toUtf8().data());
         desktopFile.write("\" qt-widgets-gui --single-instance\nComment=" APP_DESCRIPTION "\n"
                           "Icon=" PROJECT_NAME "\n"
                           "Type=Application\n"