diff --git a/src-tauri/src/app_state.rs b/src-tauri/src/app_state.rs
index f115c48..e78b1ac 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/app_state.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/app_state.rs
@@ -77,14 +77,32 @@ impl ManagedAppState {
     }
 }
 
+fn app_data_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    {
+        std::env::var("LOCALAPPDATA")
+            .map(PathBuf::from)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| std::env::temp_dir())
+            .join("transcript")
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    {
+        std::env::var("HOME")
+            .map(|home| PathBuf::from(home).join(".local").join("share").join("transcript"))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| std::env::temp_dir().join("transcript"))
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "windows", target_os = "linux")))]
+    {
+        std::env::temp_dir().join("transcript")
+    }
+}
+
 fn default_model_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    std::env::current_dir()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| std::env::temp_dir())
-        .join("models")
+    app_data_dir().join("models")
 }
 
 fn default_recordings_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    std::env::current_dir()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| std::env::temp_dir())
-        .join("recordings")
+    app_data_dir().join("recordings")
 }
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 2af7c7b..af95823 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@
     "active": true,
     "targets": "all",
     "icon": ["icons/icon.ico"],
-    "externalBin": []
+    "externalBin": ["binaries/sherpa-onnx-offline"]
   }
 }