diff --git a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
index 055627d47..95774faa4 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
@@ -1887,6 +1887,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     QCoreApplication::setOrganizationName("Citra team");
     QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("Citra");
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    std::string bin_path = FileUtil::GetBundleDirectory() + DIR_SEP + "..";
+    chdir(bin_path.c_str());
+#endif
+
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
 
     // Qt changes the locale and causes issues in float conversion using std::to_string() when