diff --git a/sc2/ChangeLog b/sc2/ChangeLog
index 091cef8b2..c6c226d03 100644
--- a/sc2/ChangeLog
+++ b/sc2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Changes towards version 0.5:
+- %APPDATA% fallback no longer to "../userdata", but to "./userdata",
+  as we don't chdir() to the content dir anymore. - SvdB
 - Commander Hayes flickering lights animation now properly reenabled
   when applicable (bug #777) - Alex
 - Refactored setupmenu code to use generic widgets - Michael
diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/file/dirs.c b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/file/dirs.c
index 4c22237e1..eaa7a49cf 100644
--- a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/file/dirs.c
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/file/dirs.c
@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@ expandPath (char *dest, size_t len, const char *src, int what)
 							break;
 						}
 						
-						// fallback to "../userdata"
+						// fallback to "./userdata"
+#define APPDATA_FALLBACK_STRING ".\\userdata"
 						fprintf(stderr, "Warning: %%USERPROFILE%% is not set. "
-								"Falling back to \"..\\userdata\" for %%APPDATA%%"
-								"\n");
-#define APPDATA_FALLBACK_STRING "..\\userdata"
+								"Falling back to \"%s\" for %%APPDATA%%\n",
+								APPDATA_FALLBACK_STRING);
 						CHECKLEN (buf, sizeof (APPDATA_FALLBACK_STRING) - 1);
 						strcpy (bufptr, APPDATA_FALLBACK_STRING);
 						bufptr += sizeof (APPDATA_FALLBACK_STRING) - 1;