diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
index 917a0230ae5385b8a83659031c3544ee3796bd7b..8e5ba5fe9a72a363f937826bf0c5ffed38afa6d7 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void sbbs_read_ini(
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 	default_dosemu_path="/usr/bin/doscmd";
 #else
-	default_dosemu_path="/usr/bin/dosemu";
+	default_dosemu_path="/usr/bin/dosemu.bin";
 #endif
 
 	SAFECOPY(bbs->dosemu_path