diff --git a/src/bootstrap-window.js b/src/bootstrap-window.js
index aecdff764af6b87230df3c6abc61bd228b75fac8..dbf7a2c2f7ea7fe05d8a735f2eec2f052cde9ddf 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-window.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap-window.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ exports.assign = function assign(destination, source) {
 exports.load = function (modulePaths, resultCallback, options) {
 	// @ts-ignore
 	const webFrame = require('electron').webFrame;
+	const path = require('path');
 
 	const args = exports.parseURLQueryArgs();
 	const configuration = JSON.parse(args['config'] || '{}') || {};
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ exports.load = function (modulePaths, resultCallback, options) {
 	exports.assign(process.env, configuration.userEnv);
 
 	// Enable ASAR support
-	bootstrap.enableASARSupport();
+	bootstrap.enableASARSupport(path.join(configuration.appRoot, 'node_modules'));
 
 	// disable pinch zoom & apply zoom level early to avoid glitches
 	const zoomLevel = configuration.zoomLevel;
diff --git a/src/bootstrap.js b/src/bootstrap.js
index 4f0d039550fdfec41f62e13482c9773d9689771d..d2b6e42affb17c9c10b14769dbedecec0b3ad2ab 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap.js
@@ -21,11 +21,18 @@ process.on('SIGPIPE', () => {
 //#endregion
 
 //#region Add support for using node_modules.asar
-exports.enableASARSupport = function () {
+/**
+ * @param {string=} nodeModulesPath
+ */
+exports.enableASARSupport = function (nodeModulesPath) {
 	// @ts-ignore
 	const Module = require('module');
 	const path = require('path');
-	const NODE_MODULES_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules');
+	let NODE_MODULES_PATH = nodeModulesPath;
+	if (!NODE_MODULES_PATH) {
+		NODE_MODULES_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules');
+	}
+
 	const NODE_MODULES_ASAR_PATH = NODE_MODULES_PATH + '.asar';
 
 	const originalResolveLookupPaths = Module._resolveLookupPaths;