diff --git a/music21/environment.py b/music21/environment.py
index c5efe9b4bd..71e12488f0 100644
--- a/music21/environment.py
+++ b/music21/environment.py
@@ -400,10 +400,10 @@ def _loadDefaults(self, forcePlatform=None):
             for name, value in [
                 ('lilypondPath', 'lilypond'),
                 ('musicxmlPath',
-                 common.cleanpath(r'%PROGRAMFILES%\MuseScore 3\MuseScore.exe')
+                 common.cleanpath(r'%PROGRAMFILES%\MuseScore 3\bin\MuseScore3.exe')
                  ),
                 ('musescoreDirectPNGPath',
-                 common.cleanpath(r'%PROGRAMFILES%\MuseScore 3\MuseScore.exe')
+                 common.cleanpath(r'%PROGRAMFILES%\MuseScore 3\bin\MuseScore3.exe')
                  ),
             ]:
                 self[name] = value  # use for key checking