diff --git a/lcUI/operationloader.cpp b/lcUI/operationloader.cpp
index 21a6cca0..dae3cdab 100644
--- a/lcUI/operationloader.cpp
+++ b/lcUI/operationloader.cpp
@@ -6,16 +6,53 @@
 #include "managers/contextmenumanager.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
+#include <QDirIterator>
+#include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QStringList>
 
 using namespace lc::ui;
 
+namespace
+{
+const char* operationsLua = "/actions/operations.lua";
+
+std::string findLuaFolder(std::string luaPath)
+{
+    if (QFileInfo{luaPath + operationsLua}.exists())
+        return luaPath;
+    luaPath = QDir{QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()}.canonicalPath().toStdString();
+#if (defined (LINUX) || defined (__linux__))
+    luaPath += "/../share/librecad/lcUILua/";
+#endif
+    if (QFileInfo{luaPath + operationsLua}.exists())
+        return luaPath;
+
+    QDirIterator it(luaPath, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+
+      // Iterate through the directory using the QDirIterator
+      while (it.hasNext())
+      {
+          QString folder = it.next();
+          QFileInfo file(folder);
+          if (!file.isDir())
+              continue;
+
+          if (QDir{folder}.dirName() == QString{"lcUILua"})
+              return folder.toStdString();
+      }
+      return luaPath;
+}
+}
+
+
 OperationLoader::OperationLoader(const std::string& luaPath, QMainWindow* qmainWindow, kaguya::State& luaState)
     :
     qmainWindow(qmainWindow),
-    _L(luaState) {
-    loadLuaOperations(luaPath);
+    _L(luaState)
+{
+    std::string path = findLuaFolder(luaPath);
+    loadLuaOperations(path);
 }
 
 void OperationLoader::loadLuaOperations(const std::string& luaPath) {
diff --git a/lcUILua/CMakeLists.txt b/lcUILua/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f42665d..14875454 100644
--- a/lcUILua/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lcUILua/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ install(CODE "file(WRITE \"${FINAL_INSTALL_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/path.lua
 )")
 
 install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lcUILua"
-		DESTINATION "${FINAL_INSTALL_DIR}/usr/share/librecad"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/../share/librecad"
 		PATTERN "CMakeLists.txt" EXCLUDE
 )
 endif()