diff --git a/Atom.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Atom.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index f149117c9..bc3f9d849 100644
--- a/Atom.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Atom.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
 				GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = 0;
 				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
 					"DEBUG=1",
-					"\"LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR=$LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR\"",
+					"LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR=\"\\\"$LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR\\\"\"",
 					"\"ENABLE_REMOTING=1\"",
 					"\"ENABLE_P2P_APIS=1\"",
 					"\"ENABLE_CONFIGURATION_POLICY\"",
@@ -1092,7 +1092,6 @@
 				GCC_INLINES_ARE_PRIVATE_EXTERN = YES;
 				GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = 3;
 				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
-					"\"LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR=$LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR\"",
 					"\"CHROMIUM_BUILD\"",
 					"\"ENABLE_REMOTING=1\"",
 					"\"ENABLE_P2P_APIS=1\"",
diff --git a/Atom/src/Atom.mm b/Atom/src/Atom.mm
index ad3a0eaea..7b563e796 100755
--- a/Atom/src/Atom.mm
+++ b/Atom/src/Atom.mm
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
     CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> atom = CefV8Value::CreateObject(NULL, NULL);
     global->SetValue("atom", atom, V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
 
-#define STR_VALUE(arg) #arg
-#if defined(LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR)
-    char path[] = STR_VALUE(LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR);
+    
+#ifdef LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR
+    char path[] = LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR;
 #else
     const char *path = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] UTF8String];
 #endif