diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 02b9d8c..6ba8116 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if(USING_VCPKG)
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC unofficial::maddy::maddy)
 endif()
 if(WIN32)
-	target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC Advapi32 Dwmapi Gdiplus Shell32)
+	target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC Advapi32 Dwmapi Gdiplus Kernel32 Shell32)
 elseif(LINUX)
 	set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 	find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
diff --git a/docs/aura.md b/docs/aura.md
index 09caecf..ed6004d 100644
--- a/docs/aura.md
+++ b/docs/aura.md
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ Path: `Nickvision::Aura::Aura`
   ```
     - Returns: The reference to the singleton `Aura` object.
     - Throws: `std::logic_error` if `Aura::init()` was not yet called.
+- ```cpp
+  std::filesystem::path getExecutableDirectory()
+  ```
+    - Returns: The path of the executable's directory.
 - ```cpp
   std::string getEnvVar(const std::string& key)
   ```
diff --git a/include/aura/aura.h b/include/aura/aura.h
index e940de0..11bf5a0 100644
--- a/include/aura/aura.h
+++ b/include/aura/aura.h
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ namespace Nickvision::Aura
 		 * @return The active aura instance
 		 */
 		static Aura& getActive();
+		/**
+		 * @brief Gets the path of the executable's directory.
+		 * @return The executable's directory path
+		 */
+		static std::filesystem::path getExecutableDirectory() noexcept;
 		/**
 		 * @brief Gets a system environment variable.
 		 * @param key The environment variable to get
diff --git a/src/aura/aura.cpp b/src/aura/aura.cpp
index 22a0ffa..ac3cd2f 100644
--- a/src/aura/aura.cpp
+++ b/src/aura/aura.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 #include "filesystem/systemdirectories.h"
 #include "localization/gettext.h"
 #include "helpers/stringhelpers.h"
-#ifdef __linux__
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#elif defined(__linux__)
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -63,6 +65,21 @@ namespace Nickvision::Aura
 		return *m_instance;
 	}
 
+	std::filesystem::path Aura::getExecutableDirectory() noexcept
+	{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		char pth[MAX_PATH];
+		DWORD len{ GetModuleFileNameA(nullptr, pth, sizeof(pth)) };
+		if(len > 0)
+		{
+			return std::filesystem::path(std::string(pth, len)).parent_path();
+		}
+#elif defined(__linux__)
+		return std::filesystem::canonical("/proc/self/exe").parent_path();
+#endif
+		return {};
+	}
+
 	std::string Aura::getEnvVar(const std::string& key) noexcept
 	{
 		char* var{ std::getenv(key.c_str()) };
@@ -102,7 +119,7 @@ namespace Nickvision::Aura
 			}
 		}
 		locations[dependency] = std::filesystem::path();
-		std::filesystem::path path{ std::filesystem::current_path() / dependency };
+		std::filesystem::path path{ getExecutableDirectory() / dependency };
 		if (std::filesystem::exists(path))
 		{
 			locations[dependency] = path;
diff --git a/src/localization/gettext.cpp b/src/localization/gettext.cpp
index ef196ff..de5223c 100644
--- a/src/localization/gettext.cpp
+++ b/src/localization/gettext.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "localization/gettext.h"
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <cstdlib>
+#include "aura/aura.h"
 
 namespace Nickvision::Localization
 {
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ namespace Nickvision::Localization
 			setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 			m_domainName = domainName;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-			res = res && (wbindtextdomain(m_domainName.c_str(), std::filesystem::current_path().c_str()) != nullptr);
+			res = res && (wbindtextdomain(m_domainName.c_str(), Aura::Aura::getExecutableDirectory().c_str()) != nullptr);
 #elif defined(__linux__)
-			res = res && (bindtextdomain(m_domainName.c_str(), std::filesystem::current_path().c_str()) != nullptr);
+			res = res && (bindtextdomain(m_domainName.c_str(), Aura::Aura::getExecutableDirectory().c_str()) != nullptr);
 			res = res && (bind_textdomain_codeset(m_domainName.c_str(), "UTF-8") != nullptr);
 #endif
 			res = res && (textdomain(m_domainName.c_str()) != nullptr);
diff --git a/tests/auratests.cpp b/tests/auratests.cpp
index e21d538..544be4f 100644
--- a/tests/auratests.cpp
+++ b/tests/auratests.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class AuraTest : public testing::Test
 TEST_F(AuraTest, EnsureAura)
 {
 	ASSERT_NO_THROW(Aura::getActive());
+	std::cout << Aura::getExecutableDirectory() << std::endl;
 }
 
 TEST_F(AuraTest, SetAppInfo)
diff --git a/tests/stringtests.cpp b/tests/stringtests.cpp
index 01a2f8d..2cdc068 100644
--- a/tests/stringtests.cpp
+++ b/tests/stringtests.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ TEST(StringTests, Guid1)
 	ASSERT_NO_THROW(s = StringHelpers::newGuid());
 	ASSERT_FALSE(s.empty());
 	ASSERT_TRUE(s.size() == 36);
+	std::cout << s << std::endl;
 }
 
 TEST(StringTests, UrlValidity1)