diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4d37ad..aaf771e 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ install (DIRECTORY
 
 install (DIRECTORY
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sounds
-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
   #COMPONENT runtime
   )
 
diff --git a/widgets/displaytext.cpp b/widgets/displaytext.cpp
index 9389d50..d502479 100755
--- a/widgets/displaytext.cpp
+++ b/widgets/displaytext.cpp
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ void DisplayText::AudioAlerts()
 {
     if(m_config->alert_Enabled()) {
         QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
-        QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/sounds" + m_config->voicesPath() + "/";
+        QString audioPath = "/usr/share/wsjtx/sounds/";
         QAudioFormat format;
         format.setSampleRate(48000);
         format.setChannelCount(1);
diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index 9c828a9..af37746 100755
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@ void MainWindow::fastSink(qint64 frames)
     QTimer::singleShot (100, [=] {
       if (m_config.alert_Enabled() && ((m_config.alert_DXcall() && play_DXcall && m_hisCall!="") or (m_config.alert_Wanted() && play_Wanted))) {
         QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
-        QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/sounds" + m_config.voicesPath() + "/";
+        QString audioPath = "usr/share/wsjtx/sounds/";
         QAudioFormat format;
         format.setSampleRate(48000);
         format.setChannelCount(1);
@@ -7173,7 +7173,7 @@ void MainWindow::readFromStdout()                             //readFromStdout
         QTimer::singleShot (100, [=] {
           if (m_config.alert_Enabled() && ((m_config.alert_DXcall() && play_DXcall && m_hisCall!="") or (m_config.alert_Wanted() && play_Wanted))) {
             QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
-            QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/sounds" + m_config.voicesPath() + "/";
+            QString audioPath = "/usr/share/wsjtx/sounds/";
             QAudioFormat format;
             format.setSampleRate(48000);
             format.setChannelCount(1);
@@ -10374,7 +10374,7 @@ void MainWindow::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)    // mouse press events
     } else {
       // Testing the default audio device
       QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
-      QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/sounds" + m_config.voicesPath() + "/";
+      QString audioPath = "/usr/share/wsjtx/sounds/";
       QAudioFormat format;
       format.setSampleRate(48000);
       format.setChannelCount(1);
@@ -17337,7 +17337,7 @@ void MainWindow::remove_old_files(const QString &directoryPath, int daysOld)
 void MainWindow::alertQSYmessage ()
 {
   QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
-  QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
+  QString audioPath = "/usr/share/wsjtx/";
   QAudioFormat format;
   format.setSampleRate(48000);
   format.setChannelCount(1);