diff --git a/public/electron.js b/public/electron.js
index 9a2d814a..671a93df 100644
--- a/public/electron.js
+++ b/public/electron.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const { stat } = require('fs/promises');
 const logger = require('./logger');
 const menu = require('./menu');
 const configStore = require('./configStore');
+const { frontendBuildDir } = require('./util');
 
 const { checkNewVersion } = require('./update-checker');
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ function createWindow() {
 
   if (isDev) mainWindow.loadURL('http://localhost:3001');
   // Need to useloadFile for special characters https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/issues/40
-  else mainWindow.loadFile('vite-dist/index.html');
+  else mainWindow.loadFile(`${frontendBuildDir}/index.html`);
 
   // Open the DevTools.
   // mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
diff --git a/public/i18n-common.js b/public/i18n-common.js
index 826eeeeb..79eae13e 100644
--- a/public/i18n-common.js
+++ b/public/i18n-common.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // intentionally disabled because I don't know the quality of the languages, so better to default to english
 // const LanguageDetector = window.require('i18next-electron-language-detector');
 const isDev = require('electron-is-dev');
-
 const { app } = require('electron');
-
 const { join } = require('path');
 
-const getLangPath = (subPath) => (isDev ? join('public', subPath) : join(app.getAppPath(), 'build', subPath));
+const { frontendBuildDir } = require('./util');
+
+const getLangPath = (subPath) => (isDev ? join('public', subPath) : join(app.getAppPath(), frontendBuildDir, subPath));
 
 // Weblate hardcodes different lang codes than electron
 // https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/app#appgetlocale
diff --git a/public/util.js b/public/util.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b5d996b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const frontendBuildDir = 'vite-dist';
+
+module.exports = {
+  frontendBuildDir,
+};