diff --git a/include/Launcher.h b/include/Launcher.h
index cdf4329..ac69923 100644
--- a/include/Launcher.h
+++ b/include/Launcher.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public: //Getters
     const std::string& getUserRole();
     const std::string& getVersion();
 private: //functions
+    std::string GetLocalAppdata();
     void AdminRelaunch();
     void RichPresence();
     void WindowsInit();
diff --git a/src/Launcher.cpp b/src/Launcher.cpp
index e246812..1519f7d 100644
--- a/src/Launcher.cpp
+++ b/src/Launcher.cpp
@@ -46,16 +46,28 @@ void Launcher::WindowsInit() {
     SetConsoleTitleA(("BeamMP Launcher v" + FullVersion).c_str());
 }
 
-std::string QueryValue(HKEY& BeamNG, const char* Name) {
+std::string QueryValue(HKEY& hKey, const char* Name) {
     DWORD keySize;
-    BYTE buffer[1024];
-    ZeroMemory(buffer, 1024);
-    if(RegQueryValueExA(BeamNG, Name, nullptr, nullptr, buffer, &keySize) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+    BYTE buffer[16384];
+    if(RegQueryValueExA(hKey, Name, nullptr, nullptr, buffer, &keySize) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         return {(char*)buffer, keySize};
     }
     return {};
 }
-
+std::string Launcher::GetLocalAppdata() {
+    HKEY Folders;
+    LONG RegRes = RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, R"(SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders)", 0, KEY_READ, &Folders);
+    if(RegRes == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        std::string Path = QueryValue(Folders, "Local AppData");
+        if(!Path.empty()) {
+            Path += "\\BeamNG.drive\\";
+            VersionParser GameVer(BeamVersion);
+            Path += std::to_string(GameVer.data[0]) + '.' + std::to_string(GameVer.data[1]) + '\\';
+            return Path;
+        }
+    }
+    return {};
+}
 void Launcher::QueryRegistry() {
     HKEY BeamNG;
     LONG RegRes = RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, R"(Software\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive)", 0, KEY_READ, &BeamNG);
@@ -63,9 +75,11 @@ void Launcher::QueryRegistry() {
         BeamRoot = QueryValue(BeamNG, "rootpath");
         BeamVersion = QueryValue(BeamNG, "version");
         BeamUserPath = QueryValue(BeamNG, "userpath_override");
-        //get shell folders for appdata dir
         RegCloseKey(BeamNG);
-        if(!BeamRoot.empty() && !BeamVersion.empty())return;
+        if(BeamUserPath.empty() && !BeamVersion.empty()) {
+            BeamUserPath = GetLocalAppdata();
+        }
+        if(!BeamRoot.empty() && !BeamVersion.empty() && !BeamUserPath.empty())return;
     }
     LOG(FATAL) << "Please launch the game at least once, failed to read registry key Software\\BeamNG\\BeamNG.drive";
     throw ShutdownException("Fatal Error");
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 99ed201..16a20db 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         launcher.RunDiscordRPC();
         launcher.LoadConfig();
         launcher.CheckKey();
+        launcher.QueryRegistry();
         launcher.LaunchGame();
         //launcher.WaitForGame();
-        launcher.QueryRegistry();
         //UI call