diff --git a/designer/__main__.py b/designer/__main__.py
index 4c60f03..d813e5a 100644
--- a/designer/__main__.py
+++ b/designer/__main__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import os.path
+from os import path, environ
 
 from designer.app import DesignerApp
 from designer.utils.utils import get_fs_encoding
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 
 def main():
-    data = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'data')
+    data = path.join(path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__)), 'data')
+    environ['designer_source_dir'] = path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))
     if isinstance(data, bytes):
         data = data.decode(get_fs_encoding())
     resource_add_path(data)
diff --git a/designer/tools/bug_reporter.py b/designer/tools/bug_reporter.py
index 6babf93..28c0f8e 100644
--- a/designer/tools/bug_reporter.py
+++ b/designer/tools/bug_reporter.py
@@ -167,11 +167,13 @@ def build(self):
             from pip.download import PipSession
             import platform
 
+            source_dir = os.getenv('designer_source_dir',
+                                   os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
+                                       os.path.realpath(__file__)), '..'))
+
             requirements = parse_requirements(os.path.join(
-                os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
-                '..',
-                '..',
-                'requirements.txt'),
+                source_dir,
+                '..', 'requirements.txt'),
                 session=PipSession()
             )
             env_info = ''
diff --git a/designer/utils/utils.py b/designer/utils/utils.py
index 217d786..dec854f 100644
--- a/designer/utils/utils.py
+++ b/designer/utils/utils.py
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ def get_config_dir():
 def get_kd_dir():
     '''Return kivy designer source/binaries folder
     '''
-    _dir = os.path.dirname(designer.__file__)
+    _dir = os.getenv('designer_source_dir',
+                     os.path.dirname(designer.__file__))
+
     if isinstance(_dir, bytes):
         _dir = _dir.decode(get_fs_encoding())
     return _dir