diff --git a/packages/fether-electron/package.json b/packages/fether-electron/package.json
index ef5365c881afa925f00cec157876acd48f68eef6..3fd23770583ce8773fcc20f7e3d8e6fd5daf0f59 100644
--- a/packages/fether-electron/package.json
+++ b/packages/fether-electron/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fether",
+  "appName": "fether",
   "description": "Fether Wallet",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
diff --git a/packages/fether-electron/src/main/index.js b/packages/fether-electron/src/main/index.js
index 10d54619eb2930d5de204713ff4f63d0ab6f7e4d..8b09f28877d733b048153eb64f599f1994a2d14a 100644
--- a/packages/fether-electron/src/main/index.js
+++ b/packages/fether-electron/src/main/index.js
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ import addMenu from './menu';
 import cli from './cli';
 import handleError from './utils/handleError';
 import messages from './messages';
-import { parity } from '../../package.json';
+import { appName, parity } from '../../package.json';
 import Pino from './utils/pino';
 import { productName } from '../../electron-builder.json';
 import staticPath from './utils/staticPath';
 
 const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, session } = electron;
 let mainWindow;
-const pino = Pino();
 
 // Disable gpu acceleration on linux
 // https://github.com/parity-js/fether/issues/85
@@ -32,6 +31,15 @@ if (!['darwin', 'win32'].includes(process.platform)) {
   app.disableHardwareAcceleration();
 }
 
+// userData value is derived from the Electron app name by default. However,
+// Electron doesn't know the app name defined in package.json because we
+// execute Electron directly on a file. Running Electron on a folder (either
+// .build/ or electron/) doesn't solve the issue because the package.json
+// is located in a different directory.
+app.setPath('userData', path.join(app.getPath('appData'), appName));
+
+const pino = Pino();
+
 function createWindow () {
   pino.info(`Starting ${productName}...`);
   mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
@@ -135,4 +143,4 @@ app.on('activate', () => {
   if (mainWindow === null) {
     createWindow();
   }
-});
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/fether-electron/src/main/messages/index.js b/packages/fether-electron/src/main/messages/index.js
index 42e9d3d6c14848d8812867b1a795fd044d486a9c..f0351ed1e32e788519bf858c420c81e4a641e993 100644
--- a/packages/fether-electron/src/main/messages/index.js
+++ b/packages/fether-electron/src/main/messages/index.js
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ import { signerNewToken } from '@parity/electron';
 
 import Pino from '../utils/pino';
 
-const pino = Pino();
-
 /**
  * Handle all asynchronous messages from renderer to main.
  */
 export default async (mainWindow, event, action, ...args) => {
+
+  // Pino mustn't be instantiated in the body of the module (outside of the
+  // exports), or else it will be evaluated straight away and use `userData`
+  // before `userData` was set in index.js
+  const pino = Pino();
+
   try {
     if (!action) {
       return;
diff --git a/packages/fether-electron/src/main/utils/handleError.js b/packages/fether-electron/src/main/utils/handleError.js
index 8159dfede6f4002f9d1fc6846add2baf2708333b..d635645c18d4481cdb6923857ba79e0e6ef259b7 100644
--- a/packages/fether-electron/src/main/utils/handleError.js
+++ b/packages/fether-electron/src/main/utils/handleError.js
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ import { app, dialog, shell } from 'electron';
 import { bugs, name, parity } from '../../../package.json';
 import Pino from './pino';
 
-const logFile = `${app.getPath('userData')}/${name}.log`;
-const pino = Pino();
-
 export default (err, message = 'An error occurred.') => {
+
+  // `userData` (which Pino also uses) needs to be gotten inside the exports,
+  // otherwise it is evaluated straight away, before index.js has set it
+  const logFile = `${app.getPath('userData')}/${name}.log`;
+  const pino = Pino();
+
   pino.error(err);
   dialog.showMessageBox(
     {
diff --git a/packages/fether-electron/src/main/utils/pino.js b/packages/fether-electron/src/main/utils/pino.js
index 620844917d434f82cf27ab82f30e42b1d373f51a..24651e57377775e7331a861bee9ed292d3076022 100644
--- a/packages/fether-electron/src/main/utils/pino.js
+++ b/packages/fether-electron/src/main/utils/pino.js
@@ -10,26 +10,31 @@ import Pino from 'pino';
 
 import { name } from '../../../package.json';
 
-// Pino by default outputs JSON. We prettify that.
-const pretty = Pino.pretty();
-pretty.pipe(process.stdout);
+// We cannot use `app.getPath('userData')` in the body of the module (outside of
+// the exports) because then it is evaluated right away, before userData is even
+// set in index.js
+export default opts => {
+  // Pino by default outputs JSON. We prettify that.
+  const pretty = Pino.pretty();
+  pretty.pipe(process.stdout);
 
-// Create userData folder if it doesn't exist
-try {
-  fs.statSync(app.getPath('userData'));
-} catch (e) {
-  fs.mkdirSync(app.getPath('userData'));
-}
+  // Create userData folder if it doesn't exist
+  try {
+    fs.statSync(app.getPath('userData'));
+  } catch (e) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(app.getPath('userData'));
+  }
 
-// Create 2 output streams:
-// - fether.log file (raw JSON)
-// - stdout (prettified output)
-const streams = [
-  {
-    level: 'info',
-    stream: fs.createWriteStream(`${app.getPath('userData')}/${name}.log`)
-  },
-  { level: 'info', stream: pretty }
-];
+  // Create 2 output streams:
+  // - fether.log file (raw JSON)
+  // - stdout (prettified output)
+  const streams = [
+    {
+      level: 'info',
+      stream: fs.createWriteStream(`${app.getPath('userData')}/${name}.log`)
+    },
+    { level: 'info', stream: pretty }
+  ];
 
-export default opts => Pino({ name, ...opts }, multistream(streams));
+  return Pino({ name, ...opts }, multistream(streams));
+}