diff --git a/FlatCAMApp.py b/FlatCAMApp.py
index 6c9d6f96..41383a0f 100644
--- a/FlatCAMApp.py
+++ b/FlatCAMApp.py
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
 
         # Save update options
         try:
-            f = open("defaults.json", "w")
+            f = open(self.data_path + "/defaults.json", "w")
             json.dump(defaults, f)
             f.close()
         except:
@@ -2442,4 +2442,4 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
 #
 #
 # if __name__ == '__main__':
-#     main()
\ No newline at end of file
+#     main()