diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/Windows64_Minecraft.cpp b/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/Windows64_Minecraft.cpp
index 931e7f17..42fb2d44 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/Windows64_Minecraft.cpp
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/Windows64_Minecraft.cpp
@@ -716,6 +716,26 @@ int APIENTRY _tWinMain(_In_ HINSTANCE hInstance,
 	UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(hPrevInstance);
 	UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(lpCmdLine);
 
+
+	WCHAR exePath[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
+	GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, exePath, MAX_PATH);
+	WCHAR* lastSlash = wcsrchr(exePath, L'\\');
+	if (lastSlash) {
+		*lastSlash = L'\0';
+
+		WCHAR devCheckPath[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
+		swprintf_s(devCheckPath, MAX_PATH, L"%s\\..\\..\\Minecraft.Client\\Minecraft.Client.vcxproj", exePath);
+
+		if (GetFileAttributesW(devCheckPath) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+			WCHAR projectPath[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
+			swprintf_s(projectPath, MAX_PATH, L"%s\\..\\..\\Minecraft.Client", exePath);
+			SetCurrentDirectoryW(projectPath);
+		}
+		else {
+			SetCurrentDirectoryW(exePath);
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Declare DPI awareness so GetSystemMetrics returns physical pixels
 	SetProcessDPIAware();
 	g_iScreenWidth = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);