diff -rupN hydrogen-0.9.4.2.old/libs/hydrogen/src/data_path.cpp hydrogen-0.9.4.2/libs/hydrogen/src/data_path.cpp
--- hydrogen-0.9.4.2.old/libs/hydrogen/src/data_path.cpp	2008-04-22 16:42:36.000000000 -0400
+++ hydrogen-0.9.4.2/libs/hydrogen/src/data_path.cpp	2010-10-16 23:28:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -55,14 +55,13 @@ QString DataPath::get_data_path()
 
 #else
 	if ( __data_path == "" ) {
-		QString qStringPath = qApp->applicationDirPath() + QString ( "/data" ) ;
-		__data_path = qStringPath;
-
+		__data_path = DATA_PATH;
 		QFile file( __data_path );
 		if ( !file.exists() ) {
-			// try using the system wide data dir
-			__data_path = DATA_PATH;
+			QString qStringPath = qApp->applicationDirPath() + QString ( "/data" ) ;
+			__data_path = qStringPath;
 		}
+
 	}
 	return __data_path;
 #endif