diff --git a/OoTClient.py b/OoTClient.py
index 700098ec..a469f225 100644
--- a/OoTClient.py
+++ b/OoTClient.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ async def patch_and_run_game(apz5_file):
     decomp_path = base_name + '-decomp.z64'
     comp_path = base_name + '.z64'
     # Load vanilla ROM, patch file, compress ROM
-    rom = Rom(Utils.get_options()["oot_options"]["rom_file"])
+    rom = Rom(Utils.local_path(Utils.get_options()["oot_options"]["rom_file"]))
     apply_patch_file(rom, apz5_file)
     rom.write_to_file(decomp_path)
     os.chdir(data_path("Compress"))