diff --git a/rtgui/options.cc b/rtgui/options.cc
index 5b908d499..3cd3adb8a 100644
--- a/rtgui/options.cc
+++ b/rtgui/options.cc
@@ -2273,12 +2273,10 @@ void Options::load(bool lightweight)
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     // Build Application Support directory path for macOS.
     const char* homedir = g_getenv("HOME"); // This returns the current container data dir in ~/Library
-    std::string configdir = "/Application Support/RawTherapee/config";
     std::string homebuf{homedir};
     int homelength = strlen(homebuf.c_str());
-    homebuf[homelength-45] = '\0';
-    configdir = "/Application Support/RawTherapee/config";
-    std::string configpath = homebuf + configdir;
+    homebuf[homelength-44] = '\0';
+    std::string configpath = homebuf + "/Application Support/RawTherapee/config";
     path = configpath.c_str();
     std::cout<<path<<std::endl;
 #else
@@ -2328,9 +2326,7 @@ void Options::load(bool lightweight)
 
     // Modify the path of the cache folder to the one provided in RT_CACHE environment variable. Build the cache folder name in macOS.
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-    const char* cachedir;
-    cachedir = "/Application Support/RawTherapee/cache";  // Back out of containers and into App. Support
-    std::string cachepath = homebuf + cachedir;
+    std::string cachepath = homebuf + "/Application Support/RawTherapee/cache";
     path = cachepath.c_str();
     std::cout<<path<<std::endl;
 #else