From 240d765534323d176b477212fea3275a51434f6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cheezwiz7899 <cheezwiz789@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 12:53:00 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] stop making two different paths for appdata

---
 src/citron/game_list.cpp | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/citron/game_list.cpp b/src/citron/game_list.cpp
index 967374ec8a..32d6f5d2dc 100644
--- a/src/citron/game_list.cpp
+++ b/src/citron/game_list.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include <QSequentialAnimationGroup>
 #include <QSpacerItem>
 #include <QStackedWidget>
-#include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QStyle>
 #include <QStyleOption>
 #include <QThreadPool>
@@ -4483,8 +4482,9 @@ void GameList::SaveGameListIndex() {
         root_array.append(folder_obj);
     }
 
-    const QString path = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation) +
-                         QStringLiteral("/game_list_metadata.json");
+    const auto cache_dir = Common::FS::GetCitronPath(Common::FS::CitronPath::CacheDir) / "game_list";
+    const QString path =
+        QString::fromStdString(Common::FS::PathToUTF8String(cache_dir / "game_list_metadata.json"));
     QDir().mkpath(QFileInfo(path).absolutePath());
     QFile file(path);
     if (file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
@@ -4493,8 +4493,9 @@ void GameList::SaveGameListIndex() {
 }
 
 void GameList::LoadGameListIndex() {
-    const QString path = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation) +
-                         QStringLiteral("/game_list_metadata.json");
+    const auto cache_dir = Common::FS::GetCitronPath(Common::FS::CitronPath::CacheDir) / "game_list";
+    const QString path =
+        QString::fromStdString(Common::FS::PathToUTF8String(cache_dir / "game_list_metadata.json"));
     QFile file(path);
     if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
         return;