diff --git a/src/BlazorWebView/src/WindowsForms/BlazorWebView.cs b/src/BlazorWebView/src/WindowsForms/BlazorWebView.cs
index 0af5f6fc0198..5a54464ce022 100644
--- a/src/BlazorWebView/src/WindowsForms/BlazorWebView.cs
+++ b/src/BlazorWebView/src/WindowsForms/BlazorWebView.cs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ private void StartWebViewCoreIfPossible()
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				appRootDir = Environment.CurrentDirectory;
+				appRootDir = AppContext.BaseDirectory;
 			}
 			var hostPageFullPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(appRootDir, HostPage!)); // HostPage is nonnull because RequiredStartupPropertiesSet is checked above
 			var contentRootDirFullPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(hostPageFullPath)!;
diff --git a/src/BlazorWebView/src/Wpf/BlazorWebView.cs b/src/BlazorWebView/src/Wpf/BlazorWebView.cs
index 98d6a68ca62f..af673607a2de 100644
--- a/src/BlazorWebView/src/Wpf/BlazorWebView.cs
+++ b/src/BlazorWebView/src/Wpf/BlazorWebView.cs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ private void StartWebViewCoreIfPossible()
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				appRootDir = Environment.CurrentDirectory;
+				appRootDir = AppContext.BaseDirectory;
 			}
 			var hostPageFullPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(appRootDir, HostPage));
 			var contentRootDirFullPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(hostPageFullPath)!;