diff --git a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp
index bb3b9a55..2b4d10fc 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ void MainWindow::startBarrier()
     // launched the process (e.g. when launched with elevation). setting the
     // profile dir on launch ensures it uses the same profile dir is used
     // no matter how its relaunched.
-    args << "--profile-dir" << getProfileRootForArg();
+    args << "--profile-dir" << QString::fromStdString("\"" + DataDirectories::profile() + "\"");
 #endif
 
     if ((barrierType() == barrierClient && !clientArgs(args, app))
@@ -1253,20 +1253,6 @@ void MainWindow::bonjourInstallFinished()
     m_pCheckBoxAutoConfig->setChecked(true);
 }
 
-QString MainWindow::getProfileRootForArg()
-{
-    auto dir = QString::fromStdString(DataDirectories::profile());
-
-    // HACK: strip our app name since we're returning the root dir.
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-    dir.replace("\\Barrier", "");
-#else
-    dir.replace("/.barrier", "");
-#endif
-
-    return QString("\"%1\"").arg(dir);
-}
-
 void MainWindow::windowStateChanged()
 {
     if (windowState() == Qt::WindowMinimized && appConfig().getMinimizeToTray())
diff --git a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.h b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.h
index 27b30d11..5bb28950 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.h
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ public slots:
         bool isBonjourRunning();
         void downloadBonjour();
         void promptAutoConfig();
-        QString getProfileRootForArg();
         void checkConnected(const QString& line);
         void checkFingerprint(const QString& line);
         void restartBarrier();