diff --git a/dll/base.cpp b/dll/base.cpp
index 5fb65f64..c9e5903a 100644
--- a/dll/base.cpp
+++ b/dll/base.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,15 @@ std::string get_lib_path() {
 
 std::string get_full_program_path()
 {
+    std::string env_program_path = get_env_variable("SteamAppPath");
+    if (env_program_path.length()) {
+        if (env_program_path.back() != PATH_SEPARATOR[0]) {
+            env_program_path = env_program_path.append(PATH_SEPARATOR);
+        }
+
+        return env_program_path;
+    }
+
     std::string program_path;
 #if defined(STEAM_WIN32)
     char   DllPath[MAX_PATH] = {0};
diff --git a/scripts/steamclient_loader.sh b/scripts/steamclient_loader.sh
index 0c10d5d4..cde258ba 100755
--- a/scripts/steamclient_loader.sh
+++ b/scripts/steamclient_loader.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ CUR_DIR=$(pwd)
 cd "$CONFIG_PATH"
 mkdir -p ~/.steam/sdk64
 mkdir -p ~/.steam/sdk32
-rm -rf ~/.steam/sdk64/steam_settings
-rm -rf ~/.steam/sdk32/steam_settings
 #make a backup of original files
 mv ~/.steam/steam.pid ~/.steam/steam.pid.orig || true
 mv ~/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so ~/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so.orig || true
@@ -17,18 +15,14 @@ mv ~/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so ~/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so.orig || true
 #copy our files
 cp x86/steamclient.so ~/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so
 cp x86_64/steamclient.so ~/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so
-cp -r steam_settings ~/.steam/sdk32/
-cp -r steam_settings ~/.steam/sdk64/
 echo $BASHPID > ~/.steam/steam.pid
 cd "$APP_PATH"
-SteamAppId=$APP_ID SteamGameId=$APP_ID "$APP_NAME"
+SteamAppPath="$APP_PATH" SteamAppId=$APP_ID SteamGameId=$APP_ID "$APP_NAME"
 cd "$CUR_DIR"
 #restore original
 rm -f ~/.steam/steam.pid
 rm -f ~/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so
 rm -f ~/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so
-rm -rf ~/.steam/sdk64/steam_settings
-rm -rf ~/.steam/sdk32/steam_settings
 mv ~/.steam/steam.pid.orig ~/.steam/steam.pid
 mv ~/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so.orig ~/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so || true
 mv ~/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so.orig ~/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so || true