diff --git a/src/drivers/Qt/fceuWrapper.cpp b/src/drivers/Qt/fceuWrapper.cpp
index d823ae04..4ab56df4 100644
--- a/src/drivers/Qt/fceuWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/Qt/fceuWrapper.cpp
@@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ int  fceuWrapperInit( int argc, char *argv[] )
 	g_config->setOption("SDL.LuaScript", "");
 	if (s != "")
 	{
-#ifdef __linux
+#if defined(__linux) || defined(__APPLE__)
+
 		// Resolve absolute path to file
 		char fullpath[2048];
 		if ( realpath( s.c_str(), fullpath ) != NULL )
diff --git a/src/lua-engine.cpp b/src/lua-engine.cpp
index 4b27d8ff..e0316e2a 100644
--- a/src/lua-engine.cpp
+++ b/src/lua-engine.cpp
@@ -618,16 +618,10 @@ static int emu_loadrom(lua_State *L)
 	const char *nameo2 = luaL_checkstring(L,1);
 	char nameo[2048];
 
-	if ( nameo2[0] == '/' )
+	if ( realpath( nameo2, nameo ) == NULL )
 	{
 		strncpy(nameo, nameo2, sizeof(nameo));
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		char cwd[1024];
-		getcwd( cwd, sizeof(cwd) );
-		snprintf( nameo, sizeof(nameo), "%s/%s", cwd, nameo2 );
-	}
 	//printf("Load ROM: '%s'\n", nameo );
 	if (!LoadGame(nameo, true)) 
 	{