--- i/src/mruby-widget-lib/mrblib/script.rb
+++ w/src/mruby-widget-lib/mrblib/script.rb
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ class ZRunner
         search   = @search_path
         search ||= ""
         font_error = false
-        sans = [search + "font/Roboto-Regular.ttf", "deps/nanovg/example/Roboto-Regular.ttf"]
+        sans = ["/usr/share/fonts/roboto/Roboto-Regular.ttf", search + "font/Roboto-Regular.ttf", "deps/nanovg/example/Roboto-Regular.ttf"]
         if(@vg.create_font('sans', sans[0]) == -1 && @vg.create_font('sans', sans[1]) == -1)
            GL::debug "[ERROR] could not find sans font"
             font_error = true
         end
 
-        bold = [search + "font/Roboto-Bold.ttf", "deps/nanovg/example/Roboto-Bold.ttf"]
+        bold = ["/usr/share/fonts/roboto/Roboto-Bold.ttf", search + "font/Roboto-Bold.ttf", "deps/nanovg/example/Roboto-Bold.ttf"]
         if(@vg.create_font('bold', bold[0]) == -1 && @vg.create_font('bold', bold[1]) == -1)
            GL::debug "[ERROR] could not find bold font"
             font_error = true
--- i/src/mruby-widget-lib/src/api.c
+++ w/src/mruby-widget-lib/src/api.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ zest_open(char *address)
         if(strstr(path, "libzest"))
             strstr(path, "libzest")[0] = 0;
         char path2[256];
-        snprintf(path2, sizeof(path2), "%s%s", path, "./qml/MainWindow.qml");
+        snprintf(path2, sizeof(path2), "%s%s", path, "../../share/zynaddsubfx/qml/MainWindow.qml");
         FILE *f = fopen(path2, "r");
         if(f) {
             printf("[INFO:Zyn] Found Assets at %s\n", path);
--- i/src/osc-bridge/src/bridge.c
+++ w/src/osc-bridge/src/bridge.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ schema_t br_get_schema(bridge_t *br, uri_t uri)
     schema_t sch;
 
     //printf("[debug] loading json file\n");
-    FILE *f = fopen("schema/test.json", "r");
+    FILE *f = fopen("/usr/share/zynaddsubfx/schema/test.json", "r");
     if(!f && br->search_path) {
         char tmp[256];
         snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s%s", br->search_path, "schema/test.json");