diff --git a/src/nimble.nim b/src/nimble.nim
index 2506c198c..1d08b468b 100644
--- a/src/nimble.nim
+++ b/src/nimble.nim
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ proc getAlteredPath(options: Options): string =
       paths.add folder
   paths.reverse
   let parentDir = options.nimBin.get.path.parentDir
-  result = fmt "{paths.join(separator)}{separator}{parentDir}{separator}{getEnv(\"PATH\")}"
+  result = fmt "{getAppDir()}{separator}{paths.join(separator)}{separator}{parentDir}{separator}{getEnv(\"PATH\")}"
 
 proc shellenv(options: var Options) =
   setVerbosity(SilentPriority)
diff --git a/tests/tshellenv.nim b/tests/tshellenv.nim
index e9cc20092..00d7575b7 100644
--- a/tests/tshellenv.nim
+++ b/tests/tshellenv.nim
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ suite "Shell env":
         check prefix == "export PATH"
 
 
-      check dirs[0].extractFileName == "shellenv"
-      check dirs[1].extractFileName == "testutils-0.5.0-756d0757c4dd06a068f9d38c7f238576ba5ee897"
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+      check dirs[1].extractFileName == "shellenv"
+      check dirs[2].extractFileName == "testutils-0.5.0-756d0757c4dd06a068f9d38c7f238576ba5ee897"
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