diff --git a/source/create_dialog_derived.cpp b/source/create_dialog_derived.cpp
index 59b2b18b..7deb2a6e 100644
--- a/source/create_dialog_derived.cpp
+++ b/source/create_dialog_derived.cpp
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ void CreateProjectDialogD::OnCreate(wxCommandEvent& event){
 		//assemble the command that will create the project described by the dialog
         
 		editor& e = editors[GetSelectedEditorIndex()];
-		auto executablePath = e.path / e.name / executable;
-		auto executableTemplatesPath = e.path / e.name / templatesDir;
+        auto executablePath = e.executablePath();
+        auto executableTemplatesPath = e.templatePath();
 		string projName = projNameTxt->GetValue().ToStdString();
 		string projPath = projLocTxt->GetValue().ToStdString();
         
diff --git a/source/globals.h b/source/globals.h
index 3e1d985e..b525e558 100644
--- a/source/globals.h
+++ b/source/globals.h
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ struct wxWindow;
 	static constexpr std::string_view installerExt = "dmg";
 
 	//where to find various Unity things on macOS
-	static const std::filesystem::path executable = "Unity.app/Contents/MacOS/Unity";
+	static const std::filesystem::path executable = "Contents/MacOS/Unity";
     static const std::vector<std::filesystem::path> defaultInstall = {"/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor","/Applications/Unity/"};
 	//TODO: make this a preference?
 	static const std::filesystem::path hubDefault = "/Applications/Unity Hub.app";
-	static const std::filesystem::path templatesDir = "Unity.app/Contents/Resources/PackageManager/ProjectTemplates/";
+	static const std::filesystem::path templatesDir = "Contents/Resources/PackageManager/ProjectTemplates/";
 
 	//for stream redirecting to dev/null
 	static constexpr std::string_view null_device = ">/dev/null 2>&1";
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ struct editor {
 		return path / name / executable;
 #endif
 	}
+    
+    auto templatePath() const{
+        return path / templatesDir;
+    }
 
 	bool operator==(const editor& other) {
 		return this->name == other.name;    // many editors can share a root path
diff --git a/source/interface_derived.cpp b/source/interface_derived.cpp
index 1ff04cc3..012406fb 100644
--- a/source/interface_derived.cpp
+++ b/source/interface_derived.cpp
@@ -618,13 +618,19 @@ void MainFrameDerived::LoadEditorVersions(){
                 // unity versions at once, which sucks. To get the version,
                 // we need to parse the info.plist inside of Unity.app
                 auto infopath = entry / "Unity.app" / "Contents" / "Info.plist";
-                if (filesystem::exists(infopath)){
+                auto basedir = entry / "Unity.app";
+                if (!filesystem::exists(infopath)){
+                    // maybe this was a direct install
+                    infopath = entry / "Contents" / "Info.plist";
+                    basedir = entry;
+                }
+                if (filesystem::exists(infopath) && infopath.string().find("Unity.app") != std::string::npos){
                     // read the file and look for CFBundleVersion
                     char buffer[16]{0};
                     getCFBundleVersionFromPlist(infopath.string().c_str(), buffer, sizeof(buffer));
                     
                     //add it to the backing datastructure
-                    editor e = {buffer, entry};
+                    editor e = {buffer, basedir};
                     addInstall(e);
                 }
 #else