diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2654275..26b4277 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         "pako": "^2.1.0",
         "prettier": "^3.1.1",
         "prettier-eslint": "^16.1.2",
-        "pydt-shared": "file:../shared/dist/pydt-shared-lib",
+        "pydt-shared": "^1.8.12",
         "rimraf": "^5.0.5",
         "rollbar": "^2.26.2",
         "rxjs": "^7.8.1",
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "../shared/dist/pydt-shared-lib": {
       "name": "pydt-shared",
       "version": "1.8.12",
-      "dev": true,
+      "extraneous": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "tslib": "^2.3.0"
       }
@@ -15599,8 +15599,13 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/pydt-shared": {
-      "resolved": "../shared/dist/pydt-shared-lib",
-      "link": true
+      "version": "1.8.12",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pydt-shared/-/pydt-shared-1.8.12.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dO5JNg2dTJxah4e2xy5vi//QP1It/XKpnuATw0ts+p5orU2M7xpdcmCKfEa0Kc7BoCCpd07kvr5j2Cf4CN3VIg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tslib": "^2.3.0"
+      }
     },
     "node_modules/qs": {
       "version": "6.11.0",
@@ -30566,7 +30571,10 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "pydt-shared": {
-      "version": "file:../shared/dist/pydt-shared-lib",
+      "version": "1.8.12",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pydt-shared/-/pydt-shared-1.8.12.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dO5JNg2dTJxah4e2xy5vi//QP1It/XKpnuATw0ts+p5orU2M7xpdcmCKfEa0Kc7BoCCpd07kvr5j2Cf4CN3VIg==",
+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "tslib": "^2.3.0"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84828ba..00e33f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "pako": "^2.1.0",
     "prettier": "^3.1.1",
     "prettier-eslint": "^16.1.2",
-    "pydt-shared": "file:../shared/dist/pydt-shared-lib",
+    "pydt-shared": "^1.8.12",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.5",
     "rollbar": "^2.26.2",
     "rxjs": "^7.8.1",
diff --git a/ui/shared/pydtSettings.ts b/ui/shared/pydtSettings.ts
index bee59fb..86062d8 100644
--- a/ui/shared/pydtSettings.ts
+++ b/ui/shared/pydtSettings.ts
@@ -61,12 +61,13 @@ export class PydtSettingsData {
 
   getDefaultDataPath(civGame: CivGame, gameStore?: GameStore): string {
     const location: PlatformSaveLocation = civGame.saveLocations[window.pydtApi.platform];
+    const finalStore = gameStore || this.getGameStore(civGame);
 
     let result = window.pydtApi.path.normalize(
       window.pydtApi.path.join(
         this.basePaths[location.basePath],
         location.prefix,
-        civGame.dataPaths[gameStore || this.getGameStore(civGame)],
+        location.dataPathOverrides?.[finalStore] || civGame.dataPaths[finalStore],
       ),
     );
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export class PydtSettingsData {
           window.pydtApi.path.join(
             this.basePaths[protonLocation.basePath],
             protonLocation.prefix,
-            civGame.dataPaths[gameStore || this.getGameStore(civGame)],
+            protonLocation.dataPathOverrides?.[finalStore] || civGame.dataPaths[finalStore],
           ),
         );