diff --git a/dll/base.cpp b/dll/base.cpp
index c69001c2..21917211 100644
--- a/dll/base.cpp
+++ b/dll/base.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ bool set_env_variable(std::string name, std::string value)
 
 std::recursive_mutex global_mutex;
 
+#ifndef EMU_RELEASE_BUILD
+const std::string dbg_log_file = get_full_program_path() + "STEAM_LOG.txt";
+#endif
+
 SteamAPICall_t generate_steam_api_call_id() {
     static SteamAPICall_t a;
     randombytes((char *)&a, sizeof(a));
diff --git a/dll/common_includes.h b/dll/common_includes.h
index 62859d40..b199a5a1 100644
--- a/dll/common_includes.h
+++ b/dll/common_includes.h
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@
     #include <bcrypt.h>
 
     #ifndef EMU_RELEASE_BUILD
-        #define PRINT_DEBUG(a, ...) do {FILE *t = fopen("STEAM_LOG.txt", "a"); fprintf(t, "%u " a, GetCurrentThreadId(), __VA_ARGS__); fclose(t); WSASetLastError(0);} while (0)
+        #include <string>
+        extern const std::string dbg_log_file;
+        #define PRINT_DEBUG(a, ...) do {FILE *t = fopen(dbg_log_file.c_str(), "a"); fprintf(t, "%u " a, GetCurrentThreadId(), __VA_ARGS__); fclose(t); WSASetLastError(0);} while (0)
     #endif
 
     EXTERN_C IMAGE_DOS_HEADER __ImageBase;
@@ -127,7 +129,9 @@ inline void reset_LastError()
     #define PATH_MAX_STRING_SIZE 512
 
     #ifndef EMU_RELEASE_BUILD
-        #define PRINT_DEBUG(...) {FILE *t = fopen("STEAM_LOG.txt", "a"); fprintf(t, __VA_ARGS__); fclose(t);}
+        #include <string>
+        extern const std::string dbg_log_file;
+        #define PRINT_DEBUG(...) {FILE *t = fopen(dbg_log_file.c_str(), "a"); fprintf(t, __VA_ARGS__); fclose(t);}
     #endif
     #define PATH_SEPARATOR "/"