diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Preferences.java b/app/src/processing/app/Preferences.java
index 3e0d564eb..dc2b04b99 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Preferences.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Preferences.java
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ public class Preferences {
     final JLabel clickable = label;
     label.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
         public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
-          Base.openFolder(Base.getSettingsFolder());
+          Base.openFolder(preferencesFile.getParentFile());
         }
 
         public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {