diff --git a/Atom.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Atom.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 338f3cebb..f149117c9 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 +1092,7 @@
 				GCC_INLINES_ARE_PRIVATE_EXTERN = YES;
 				GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = 3;
 				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
-					"LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR=\"\\\"$LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR\\\"\"",
+					"\"LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR=$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 1733e242c..ad3a0eaea 100755
--- a/Atom/src/Atom.mm
+++ b/Atom/src/Atom.mm
@@ -112,9 +112,10 @@
 
     CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> atom = CefV8Value::CreateObject(NULL, NULL);
     global->SetValue("atom", atom, V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-      
-#ifdef LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR
-    char path[] = LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR;
+
+#define STR_VALUE(arg) #arg
+#if defined(LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR)
+    char path[] = STR_VALUE(LOAD_RESOURCES_FROM_DIR);
 #else
     const char *path = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] UTF8String];
 #endif