diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b5292f4..d36aced 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ override_dh_install:
 	install -D -m 0644 icons/yms64.png debian/yms/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/yms.png
 	install -D -m 0755 debian/yms-launcher debian/yms/usr/bin/yms
 	dh_install
+	sed -i 's#@PREFIX@#/usr#g' debian/yms/usr/share/applications/yms.desktop
 
 # Installation is handled by debian/install
 override_dh_auto_install:
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 1878fcd..9274718 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -117,9 +117,11 @@ chmod 0755 "${BINDIR}/yms"
 
 echo "Installing desktop entry..."
 install -d "${DESKTOPDIR}"
-install -m 0644 \
+sed "s#@PREFIX@#${PREFIX}#g" \
     "${SOURCEDIR}/yms.desktop" \
-    "${DESKTOPDIR}/yms.desktop"
+    > "${DESKTOPDIR}/yms.desktop"
+chmod 0644 "${DESKTOPDIR}/yms.desktop"
+
 
 # TODO webgui? or separately?
 
diff --git a/yms.desktop b/yms.desktop
index 9322dd6..ef7c784 100644
--- a/yms.desktop
+++ b/yms.desktop
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GenericName=Yacht Management
 GenericName[de]=Yacht-Verwaltungssoftware
 Comment=Yacht Management Software
 Comment[de]=Verwaltung von Yachten, Dokumenten und technischen Daten
-Exec=/usr/local/bin/yms
+Exec=@PREFIX@/bin/yms
 Icon=yms
 StartupNotify=true
 Terminal=false