diff --git a/modules/gui/src/file_browser.cc b/modules/gui/src/file_browser.cc
index a6bf49fb31a33d77c318191e046347b4df3436ec..a41ff0a293f864c6a43f67382d5acf4236dedeb2 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/file_browser.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/file_browser.cc
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ FileBrowser::FileBrowser(QWidget* parent):
     if (QDir(example_path).exists()) {
       path=example_path;
     }    else{
+      dir.cdUp();
       dir.cdUp();
       example_path=dir.path()+"/examples";
       if (QDir(example_path).exists()) {