diff -up gcompris-8.4.5/src/gcompris/gcompris.c~ gcompris-8.4.5/src/gcompris/gcompris.c
--- gcompris-8.4.5/src/gcompris/gcompris.c~	2008-05-29 23:22:33.000000000 +0200
+++ gcompris-8.4.5/src/gcompris/gcompris.c	2008-05-29 23:22:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ static void load_properties ()
 #ifdef NSBUNDLE
   exec_prefix = gcompris_nsbundle_resource ();
 #else
-  exec_prefix = gbr_find_exe_dir("");
+  exec_prefix = gbr_find_exe_dir(NULL);
 #endif
   g_warning("exec_prefix %s\n", exec_prefix);