diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc6b2b0..635306b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 
 add_executable(lsr ${SRCS})
 
+target_compile_definitions(lsr PRIVATE DEFAULT_SCRIPT_PATH="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/lsr/lsr.lua")
 target_include_directories(lsr PRIVATE ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(lsr PRIVATE ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index d988f3d..1133920 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+
+#ifndef DEFAULT_SCRIPT_PATH
+#define DEFAULT_SCRIPT_PATH "/usr/local/share/lsr/lsr.lua"
+#endif
+
 lua_State *L;
 
 lua_State *initialize_lua(void)
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (!initialize_lua())
         return 1;
 
-    const char *default_script = "/usr/local/share/lsr/lsr.lua";
+    const char *default_script = DEFAULT_SCRIPT_PATH;
 
     const char *user_script = getenv("HOME");
     char user_config_path[LASER_PATH_MAX];