diff --git a/apple/RetroArch/main.m b/apple/RetroArch/main.m
index 3680400c9d..cb425a37b3 100644
--- a/apple/RetroArch/main.m
+++ b/apple/RetroArch/main.m
@@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ void apple_run_core(RAModuleInfo* core, const char* file)
       static char file_path[PATH_MAX];
       
       static const char* argv[] = { "retroarch", "-c", config_path, "-L", core_path, file_path, 0 };
-      
-      strlcpy(config_path, apple_core.configPath.UTF8String, sizeof(config_path));
+
+      if (apple_core)
+         strlcpy(config_path, apple_core.configPath.UTF8String, sizeof(config_path));
+      else
+         strlcpy(config_path, RAModuleInfo.globalConfigPath.UTF8String, sizeof(config_path));
    
       if (file && core)
       {