diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
index 8c8fdb7ce9..61d6c10c8f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ RageLog* LOG;		// global and accessable from anywhere in the program
 map<CString, CString> LogMaps;
 
 // constants
+/* We need to use SYS_BASE_PATH here, because this doesn't go through RageFile. */
 #if defined(DARWIN)
 #define LOG_PATH  "../../../log.txt"
 #define INFO_PATH "../../../info.txt"
 #else
-#define LOG_PATH	BASE_PATH "log.txt"
-#define INFO_PATH	BASE_PATH "info.txt"
+#define LOG_PATH	SYS_BASE_PATH "log.txt"
+#define INFO_PATH	SYS_BASE_PATH "info.txt"
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)