diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
index 5941702c6a..6488ab1767 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static void frontend_emscripten_get_env(int *argc, char *argv[],
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dir.menu_content, user_path,
          "content", sizeof(g_defaults.dir.menu_content));
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dir.core_assets, user_path,
-         "downloads", sizeof(g_defaults.dir.core_assets));
+         "content/downloads", sizeof(g_defaults.dir.core_assets));
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dir.playlist, user_path,
          "playlists", sizeof(g_defaults.dir.playlist));
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dir.remap, g_defaults.dir.menu_config,
diff --git a/pkg/emscripten/proto.js b/pkg/emscripten/proto.js
index e6308a676a..f22e7e87b3 100644
--- a/pkg/emscripten/proto.js
+++ b/pkg/emscripten/proto.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function setupFileSystem(backend)
    }
 
    mfs.mount('/home/web_user/retroarch/bundle', xfs1);
-   mfs.mount('/home/web_user/retroarch/userdata/downloads', xfs2);
+   mfs.mount('/home/web_user/retroarch/userdata/content/downloads', xfs2);
    BrowserFS.initialize(mfs);
    var BFS = new BrowserFS.EmscriptenFS();
    FS.mount(BFS, {root: '/home'}, '/home');