--- a/bin/ialauncher
+++ b/bin/ialauncher
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from ialauncher.backend import Backend
 from ialauncher.frontend import Frontend
 
-games_dir= os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), 'games')
+games_dir= '/opt/ialauncher/games'
 if not os.path.isdir(games_dir):
     print('''
 Error: the games directory could not be found at {}