diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/app-variables.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/app-variables.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$APPDIR/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+export BINARY_NAME=$(basename "$ARGV0")
+if [[ ! -e "$PWD/$BINARY_NAME.config" ]]; then
+        mkdir "$PWD/$BINARY_NAME.config"
+fi       
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$PWD/$BINARY_NAME.config"
+
+mkdir -p $HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps && cp $APPDIR/PCSX2.png $HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps