diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 5c72d6b..65eb57a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -411,8 +411,11 @@ int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
         advsettings::OverlayController controller(
             desktopMode, noSound, qmlEngine );
 
-        QQmlComponent component(
-            &qmlEngine, QUrl::fromLocalFile( "res/qml/mainwidget.qml" ) );
+        QString path = QStandardPaths::locate(
+            QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation,
+            QStringLiteral( "res/qml/mainwidget.qml" ) );
+
+        QQmlComponent component( &qmlEngine, QUrl::fromLocalFile( path ) );
         auto errors = component.errors();
         for ( auto& e : errors )
         {
diff --git a/src/overlaycontroller.cpp b/src/overlaycontroller.cpp
index 1d84ec9..a585437 100644
--- a/src/overlaycontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/overlaycontroller.cpp
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ OverlayController::OverlayController( bool desktopMode,
                      << focusChangedSoundFile;
     }
 
-    QString alarm01SoundFile = QApplication::applicationDirPath().append(
-        "/res/sounds/alarm01.wav" );
+    QString alarm01SoundFile
+        = QStandardPaths::locate( QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation,
+                                  QStringLiteral( "res/sounds/alarm01.wav" ) );
     QFileInfo alarm01SoundFileInfo( alarm01SoundFile );
     if ( alarm01SoundFileInfo.exists() && alarm01SoundFileInfo.isFile() )
     {
@@ -433,13 +434,14 @@ void OverlayController::SetWidget( QQuickItem* quickItem,
             m_ulOverlayHandle, vr::VROverlayInputMethod_Mouse );
         vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayFlag(
             m_ulOverlayHandle, vr::VROverlayFlags_SendVRScrollEvents, true );
-        std::string thumbIconPath
-            = QApplication::applicationDirPath().toStdString()
-              + "\\res\\thumbicon.png";
-        if ( QFile::exists( QString::fromStdString( thumbIconPath ) ) )
+        QString thumbIconPath
+            = QStandardPaths::locate( QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation,
+                                      QStringLiteral( "res/thumbicon.png" ) );
+        if ( QFile::exists( thumbIconPath ) )
         {
-            vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayFromFile( m_ulOverlayThumbnailHandle,
-                                                 thumbIconPath.c_str() );
+            vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayFromFile(
+                m_ulOverlayThumbnailHandle,
+                thumbIconPath.toStdString().c_str() );
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/tabcontrollers/AudioTabController.cpp b/src/tabcontrollers/AudioTabController.cpp
index dd0feb8..94e671e 100644
--- a/src/tabcontrollers/AudioTabController.cpp
+++ b/src/tabcontrollers/AudioTabController.cpp
@@ -70,13 +70,14 @@ void AudioTabController::initStage2( OverlayController* var_parent,
         notifKey.c_str(), notifKey.c_str(), &m_ulNotificationOverlayHandle );
     if ( overlayError == vr::VROverlayError_None )
     {
-        std::string notifIconPath
-            = QApplication::applicationDirPath().toStdString()
-              + "/res/qml/ptt_notification.png";
-        if ( QFile::exists( QString::fromStdString( notifIconPath ) ) )
+        QString notifIconPath = QStandardPaths::locate(
+            QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation,
+            QStringLiteral( "/res/qml/ptt_notification.png" ) );
+        if ( QFile::exists( notifIconPath ) )
         {
-            vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayFromFile( m_ulNotificationOverlayHandle,
-                                                 notifIconPath.c_str() );
+            vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayFromFile(
+                m_ulNotificationOverlayHandle,
+                notifIconPath.toStdString().c_str() );
             vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayWidthInMeters(
                 m_ulNotificationOverlayHandle, 0.02f );
             vr::HmdMatrix34_t notificationTransform
diff --git a/src/tabcontrollers/UtilitiesTabController.cpp b/src/tabcontrollers/UtilitiesTabController.cpp
index 49812fa..948492e 100644
--- a/src/tabcontrollers/UtilitiesTabController.cpp
+++ b/src/tabcontrollers/UtilitiesTabController.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ void UtilitiesTabController::modAlarmTimeMinute( int value, bool notify )
     }
 }
 
+QString getBatteryIconPath( int batteryState )
+{
+    QString batteryPrefix = "/res/battery_";
+    return QStandardPaths::locate(
+        QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation,
+        batteryPrefix + QString::number( batteryState ) + ".png" );
+}
+
 vr::VROverlayHandle_t createBatteryOverlay( vr::TrackedDeviceIndex_t index )
 {
     vr::VROverlayHandle_t handle = vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid;
@@ -276,13 +284,11 @@ vr::VROverlayHandle_t createBatteryOverlay( vr::TrackedDeviceIndex_t index )
         batteryKey.c_str(), batteryKey.c_str(), &handle );
     if ( overlayError == vr::VROverlayError_None )
     {
-        std::string batteryIconPath
-            = QApplication::applicationDirPath().toStdString()
-              + "/res/battery_0.png";
-        if ( QFile::exists( QString::fromStdString( batteryIconPath ) ) )
+        QString batteryIconPath = getBatteryIconPath( 0 );
+        if ( QFile::exists( batteryIconPath ) )
         {
-            vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayFromFile( handle,
-                                                 batteryIconPath.c_str() );
+            vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayFromFile(
+                handle, batteryIconPath.toStdString().c_str() );
             vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayWidthInMeters( handle, 0.05f );
             vr::HmdMatrix34_t notificationTransform
                 = { { { 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.00f },
@@ -486,8 +492,7 @@ void UtilitiesTabController::eventLoopTick()
             if ( deviceClass
                  == vr::ETrackedDeviceClass::TrackedDeviceClass_GenericTracker )
             {
-                if ( m_batteryOverlayHandles[i]
-                     == vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid )
+                if ( m_batteryOverlayHandles[i] == 0 )
                 {
                     LOG( INFO ) << "Creating battery overlay for device " << i;
                     m_batteryOverlayHandles[i] = createBatteryOverlay( i );
@@ -529,17 +534,15 @@ void UtilitiesTabController::eventLoopTick()
                     {
                         LOG( INFO )
                             << "Updating battery overlay for device " << i
-                            << " to " << batteryState << "(" << battery << "";
-                        std::string batteryIconPath
-                            = QApplication::applicationDirPath().toStdString()
-                              + "/res/battery_" + std::to_string( batteryState )
-                              + ".png";
-                        if ( QFile::exists(
-                                 QString::fromStdString( batteryIconPath ) ) )
+                            << " to " << batteryState << "(" << battery << ")"
+                            << QString::number( m_batteryOverlayHandles[i] );
+                        QString batteryIconPath
+                            = getBatteryIconPath( batteryState );
+                        if ( QFile::exists( batteryIconPath ) )
                         {
                             vr::VROverlay()->SetOverlayFromFile(
                                 m_batteryOverlayHandles[i],
-                                batteryIconPath.c_str() );
+                                batteryIconPath.toStdString().c_str() );
                         }
                         else
                         {
diff --git a/src/tabcontrollers/UtilitiesTabController.h b/src/tabcontrollers/UtilitiesTabController.h
index 1eb601d..d73f8e8 100644
--- a/src/tabcontrollers/UtilitiesTabController.h
+++ b/src/tabcontrollers/UtilitiesTabController.h
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ private:
     QTime m_alarmLastCheckTime;
     bool m_steamDesktopOverlayAvailable = false;
     float m_steamDesktopOverlayWidth = 4.0f;
-    vr::VROverlayHandle_t
-        m_batteryOverlayHandles[vr::k_unMaxTrackedDeviceCount];
+    vr::VROverlayHandle_t m_batteryOverlayHandles[vr::k_unMaxTrackedDeviceCount]
+        = { 0 };
     int m_batteryState[vr::k_unMaxTrackedDeviceCount];
     bool m_batteryVisible[vr::k_unMaxTrackedDeviceCount];