diff --git a/cockatrice/src/main.cpp b/cockatrice/src/main.cpp
index bdfd263e0..0023a5991 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/main.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/main.cpp
@@ -177,8 +177,21 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(CockatriceUnhandledExceptionFilter);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_APPLE
+    // <build>/cockatrice/cockatrice.app/Contents/MacOS/cockatrice
+    const QByteArray configPath = "../../../qtlogging.ini";
+#elif defined(Q_OS_UNIX)
+    // <build>/cockatrice/cockatrice
+    const QByteArray configPath = "./qtlogging.ini";
+#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    // <build>/cockatrice/Debug/cockatrice.exe
+    const QByteArray configPath = "../qtlogging.ini";
+#else
+    const QByteArray configPath = "";
+#endif
+
     // Set the QT_LOGGING_CONF environment variable
-    qputenv("QT_LOGGING_CONF", "./qtlogging.ini");
+    qputenv("QT_LOGGING_CONF", configPath);
     qSetMessagePattern(
         "\033[0m[%{time yyyy-MM-dd h:mm:ss.zzz} "
         "%{if-debug}\033[36mD%{endif}%{if-info}\033[32mI%{endif}%{if-warning}\033[33mW%{endif}%{if-critical}\033[31mC%{"