diff --git a/electron_app/src/electron-main.js b/electron_app/src/electron-main.js
index e9659070ec6..fc2869f91aa 100644
--- a/electron_app/src/electron-main.js
+++ b/electron_app/src/electron-main.js
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ const Store = require('electron-store');
 // migrating to mitigate any risk of it being used maliciously.
 let migratingOrigin = false;
 
-if (argv['profile']) {
+if (argv['profiledir']) {
+    app.setPath('userData', argv['profiledir']);
+} else if (argv['profile']) {
     app.setPath('userData', `${app.getPath('userData')}-${argv['profile']}`);
 }