diff --git a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersetdefaults.lua b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersetdefaults.lua
index f50a9c234..c5d881702 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersetdefaults.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersetdefaults.lua
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ local util = require("ffi/util")
 local _ = require("gettext")
 local Screen = require("device").screen
 
+local is_appimage = os.getenv("APPIMAGE")
+
 local function getDefaultsPath()
     local defaults_path = DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/defaults.lua"
     if isAndroid then
         defaults_path = android.dir .. "/defaults.lua"
+    elseif is_appimage then
+        defaults_path = "defaults.lua"
     end
     return defaults_path
 end