diff --git a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp
index 32180693e..70d310fec 100644
--- a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp
+++ b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int ConnectToServer(ConnectionOption ConnectionOption) {
   return -1;
 }
 
-bool SetupClient(char* InterpreterPath) {
+bool SetupClient(std::string_view InterpreterPath) {
   ServerFD = FEXServerClient::ConnectToAndStartServer(InterpreterPath);
   if (ServerFD == -1) {
     return false;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ bool SetupClient(char* InterpreterPath) {
   return true;
 }
 
-int ConnectToAndStartServer(char* InterpreterPath) {
+int ConnectToAndStartServer(std::string_view InterpreterPath) {
   int ServerFD = ConnectToServer(ConnectionOption::NoPrintConnectionError);
   if (ServerFD == -1) {
     // Couldn't connect to the server. Start one
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ int ConnectToAndStartServer(char* InterpreterPath) {
       return -1;
     }
 
-    fextl::string FEXServerPath = FHU::Filesystem::ParentPath(InterpreterPath) + "/FEXServer";
+    fextl::string FEXServerPath = fextl::fmt::format("{}/FEXServer", InterpreterPath);
     // Check if a local FEXServer next to FEXInterpreter exists
     // If it does then it takes priority over the installed one
     if (!FHU::Filesystem::Exists(FEXServerPath)) {
diff --git a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.h b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.h
index 6bad43fc0..095885043 100644
--- a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.h
+++ b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.h
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ fextl::string GetServerSocketName();
 fextl::string GetServerSocketPath();
 int GetServerFD();
 
-bool SetupClient(char* InterpreterPath);
+bool SetupClient(std::string_view InterpreterPath);
 
 /**
  * @brief Connect to and start a FEXServer instance if required
  *
  * @return socket FD for communicating with server
  */
-int ConnectToAndStartServer(char* InterpreterPath);
+int ConnectToAndStartServer(std::string_view InterpreterPath);
 
 enum class ConnectionOption {
   Default,
diff --git a/Source/Tools/CommonTools/PortabilityInfo.h b/Source/Tools/CommonTools/PortabilityInfo.h
index 13e01080c..505819f44 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/CommonTools/PortabilityInfo.h
+++ b/Source/Tools/CommonTools/PortabilityInfo.h
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 #include "Common/Config.h"
 
 namespace FEX {
+static inline std::optional<fextl::string> GetSelfPath() {
+  // Read the FEXInterpreter path from `/proc/self/exe` which is always a symlink to the absolute path of the executable running.
+  // This way we can get the parent path that the application is executing from.
+  char SelfPath[PATH_MAX];
+  auto Result = readlink("/proc/self/exe", SelfPath, PATH_MAX);
+  if (Result == -1) {
+    return std::nullopt;
+  }
+
+  std::string_view SelfPathView {SelfPath, std::min<size_t>(PATH_MAX, Result)};
+  return fextl::string {SelfPathView.substr(0, SelfPathView.find_last_of('/') + 1)};
+}
+
 static inline FEX::Config::PortableInformation ReadPortabilityInformation() {
   const FEX::Config::PortableInformation BadResult {false, {}};
   const char* PortableConfig = getenv("FEX_PORTABLE");
@@ -17,17 +30,12 @@ static inline FEX::Config::PortableInformation ReadPortabilityInformation() {
     return BadResult;
   }
 
-  // Read the FEXInterpreter path from `/proc/self/exe` which is always a symlink to the absolute path of the executable running.
-  // This way we can get the parent path that the application is executing from.
-  char SelfPath[PATH_MAX];
-  auto Result = readlink("/proc/self/exe", SelfPath, PATH_MAX);
-  if (Result == -1) {
+  auto SelfPath = GetSelfPath();
+  if (!SelfPath) {
     return BadResult;
   }
 
-  std::string_view SelfPathView {SelfPath, std::min<size_t>(PATH_MAX, Result)};
-
   // Extract the absolute path from the FEXInterpreter path
-  return {true, fextl::string {SelfPathView.substr(0, SelfPathView.find_last_of('/') + 1)}};
+  return {true, *SelfPath};
 }
 } // namespace FEX
diff --git a/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/FEXLoader.cpp b/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/FEXLoader.cpp
index 6de4ba572..de6140228 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/FEXLoader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tools/FEXLoader/FEXLoader.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** const envp) {
   }
 
   // Ensure FEXServer is setup before config options try to pull CONFIG_ROOTFS
-  if (!FEXServerClient::SetupClient(argv[0])) {
+  auto SelfPath = FEX::GetSelfPath();
+  if (!FEXServerClient::SetupClient(SelfPath.value_or(argv[0]))) {
     LogMan::Msg::EFmt("FEXServerClient: Failure to setup client");
     return -1;
   }