diff --git a/RetroFE/Source/Execute/Launcher.cpp b/RetroFE/Source/Execute/Launcher.cpp
index 4a7b4dd..6cca4ba 100644
--- a/RetroFE/Source/Execute/Launcher.cpp
+++ b/RetroFE/Source/Execute/Launcher.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ bool Launcher::ExecuteCommand(std::string executable, std::string args, std::str
 
     if(!CreateProcess(NULL, applicationName, NULL, NULL, FALSE, CREATE_NO_WINDOW, NULL, currDir, &startupInfo, &processInfo))
 #else
+    if (executable.find_last_of("/") != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        std::string workDir = executable.substr(0,executable.find_last_of("/"));
+        std::string progName = executable.substr(executable.find_last_of("/") + 1);
+        executionString="cd \"" + workDir + "\" && exec \"./" + progName + "\" " + args;
+    }
     if(system(executionString.c_str()) != 0)
 #endif
     {