diff --git a/modules/geth.js b/modules/geth.js
index 70eb717..7653f27 100644
--- a/modules/geth.js
+++ b/modules/geth.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const child_process = require('child_process');
 const {app, dialog} = require('electron');
+const appRoot = require('app-root-path');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ class Geth {
   startGeth() {
     // get the path of get and execute the child process
     try {
-      const gethPath = path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'geth');
+      const gethPath = path.join(path.join(appRoot.path, 'bin'), 'geth');
       this.gethProcess = child_process.spawn(gethPath, ['--ws', '--wsorigins', '*', '--wsaddr', '127.0.0.1', '--wsport', '8546', '--wsapi', 'admin,db,eth,net,miner,personal,web3']);
       this.gethProcess.on('error', function(err) {
         dialog.showErrorBox("Error starting application", "Geth failed to start!");
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class Geth {
   }
 
   stopGeth() { 
-    const gethWrapePath = path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'WrapGeth.exe');
+    const gethWrapePath = path.join(path.join(appRoot.path, 'bin'), 'WrapGeth.exe');
     child_process.spawnSync(gethWrapePath,  [this.gethProcess.pid]);
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67e1eda..f62833d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
   "license": "CC0-1.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "adm-zip": "^0.4.13",
+    "app-root-path": "^2.1.0",
     "electron-storage": "^1.0.7",
     "handlebars": "^4.0.12",
     "nedb": "^1.8.0",
-    "typescript": "^3.2.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "electron": "^3.0.12",