diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2ca1179..1629a5d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/probonopd/go-appimage
 go 1.23
 
 require (
-	github.com/CalebQ42/squashfs v1.0.2
+	github.com/CalebQ42/squashfs v1.0.4
 	github.com/acobaugh/osrelease v0.1.0
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.0
 	github.com/alokmenghrajani/gpgeez v0.0.0-20161206084504-1a06f1c582f9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 46567cb..46a63ed 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-github.com/CalebQ42/squashfs v1.0.1 h1:5FonyiIDn0RMc16Lp+bfjYBmGCVHNhQWDE2bS28PV1A=
-github.com/CalebQ42/squashfs v1.0.1/go.mod h1:uhKIQfq2+dgJ+utqCkvVk0t7XuqaNhcotCrqSI0wUuI=
-github.com/CalebQ42/squashfs v1.0.2 h1:r1OMSTpacV4GXOWaLwnydEpcrv+yhUSIzrvSGYO74Xg=
-github.com/CalebQ42/squashfs v1.0.2/go.mod h1:uhKIQfq2+dgJ+utqCkvVk0t7XuqaNhcotCrqSI0wUuI=
+github.com/CalebQ42/squashfs v1.0.4 h1:v7d6BxamgumtvqkOmezEOHmlBUGP4+Epewoin0JZ6LA=
+github.com/CalebQ42/squashfs v1.0.4/go.mod h1:uhKIQfq2+dgJ+utqCkvVk0t7XuqaNhcotCrqSI0wUuI=
 github.com/acobaugh/osrelease v0.1.0 h1:Yb59HQDGGNhCj4suHaFQQfBps5wyoKLSSX/J/+UifRE=
 github.com/acobaugh/osrelease v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4bFEs0MtgHNHBrmHCt67gNisnabCRAlzdVasCEGHTWY=
 github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.0 h1:dDaZvhMXatArP1NPHhnfaQUqWBLBsmx1h1HXQdMoFCY=
diff --git a/src/appimaged/appwrapper.go b/src/appimaged/appwrapper.go
index a1dd4a3..5ebc86a 100644
--- a/src/appimaged/appwrapper.go
+++ b/src/appimaged/appwrapper.go
@@ -147,17 +147,18 @@ func sendErrorDesktopNotification(title string, body string) {
 // which have Exec= entries pointing to the executable
 func findDesktopFilesPointingToExecutable(executablefilepath string) ([]string, error) {
 	var results []string
-	files, e := os.ReadDir(xdg.DataHome + "/applications/")
+	files, e := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(xdg.DataHome, "applications"))
 	helpers.LogError("desktop", e)
 	if e != nil {
 		return results, e
 	}
 	for _, file := range files {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".desktop") {
+			filePath := filepath.Join(xdg.DataHome, "applications", file.Name())
 			var cfg *ini.File
 			info, _ := file.Info()
 			if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 { // Check if it's a symlink
-				linkfile, err := os.Readlink(xdg.DataHome + "/applications/" + file.Name()) // Read the symlink target
+				linkfile, err := os.Readlink(filePath) // Read the symlink target
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Printf("Readlink error %s on file %s", err, linkfile)
 					continue
@@ -168,8 +169,13 @@ func findDesktopFilesPointingToExecutable(executablefilepath string) ([]string,
 					continue
 				}
 			} else { // If not a symlink then load the file directly
-				cfg, _ = ini.LoadSources(ini.LoadOptions{IgnoreInlineComment: true}, // Do not cripple lines hat contain ";"
-					xdg.DataHome+"/applications/"+file.Name())
+				var err error
+				cfg, err = ini.LoadSources(ini.LoadOptions{IgnoreInlineComment: true}, // Do not cripple lines hat contain ";"
+					filePath)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Printf("ini.Load error %s on file %s", err, filePath)
+					continue
+				}
 			}
 			// log.Println(xdg.DataHome + "/applications/" + file.Name())
 			s := cfg.Section("Desktop Entry").Key("Exec").String()