diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/logs.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/logs.cpp
index 84c9af066..3778e69d9 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/logs.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/logs.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void start(not_null<Core::Launcher*> launcher) {
 			// or from the "-workdir" command line argument.
 			cForceWorkingDir(cWorkingDir());
 		} else {
-#ifdef _DEBUG
+#if defined _DEBUG && !defined OS_MAC_STORE
 			cForceWorkingDir(cExeDir());
 #else // _DEBUG
 			cForceWorkingDir(psAppDataPath());
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/specific_mac_p.mm b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/specific_mac_p.mm
index 93f94af5b..aa9897723 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/specific_mac_p.mm
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/specific_mac_p.mm
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ void objc_downloadPathEnableAccess(const QByteArray &bookmark) {
 		if (_downloadPathUrl) {
 			[_downloadPathUrl stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 		}
-		_downloadPathUrl = url;
+		_downloadPathUrl = [url retain];
 
 		Global::SetDownloadPath(NS2QString([_downloadPathUrl path]) + '/');
 		if (isStale) {