diff --git a/src/editor/ConfigObj.js b/src/editor/ConfigObj.js
index 81330035..abd1d4c6 100644
--- a/src/editor/ConfigObj.js
+++ b/src/editor/ConfigObj.js
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ export default class ConfigObj {
       // PATH CONFIGURATION
       // The following path configuration items are disallowed in the URL (as should any future path configurations)
       imgPath: './images',
+      extPath: './extensions',
       // DOCUMENT PROPERTIES
       // Change the following to a preference (already in the Document Properties dialog)?
       dimensions: [640, 480],
diff --git a/src/editor/EditorStartup.js b/src/editor/EditorStartup.js
index 3cb84981..c9b09b3c 100644
--- a/src/editor/EditorStartup.js
+++ b/src/editor/EditorStartup.js
@@ -628,7 +628,8 @@ class EditorStartup {
             /**
              * @type {module:SVGthis.ExtensionObject}
              */
-            const imported = await import(`./extensions/${encodeURIComponent(extname)}/${encodeURIComponent(extname)}.js`)
+            const extPath = this.configObj.curConfig.extPath
+            const imported = await import(`${extPath}/${encodeURIComponent(extname)}/${encodeURIComponent(extname)}.js`)
             const { name = extname, init: initfn } = imported.default
             return this.addExtension(name, (initfn && initfn.bind(this)), { langParam: 'en' }) /** @todo  change to current lng */
           } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/editor/extensions/ext-shapes/ext-shapes.js b/src/editor/extensions/ext-shapes/ext-shapes.js
index 1a929152..36dd0de8 100644
--- a/src/editor/extensions/ext-shapes/ext-shapes.js
+++ b/src/editor/extensions/ext-shapes/ext-shapes.js
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ export default {
     return {
       callback () {
         if ($id('tool_shapelib') === null) {
+          const extPath = svgEditor.configObj.curConfig.extPath
           const buttonTemplate = `
-          <se-explorerbutton id="tool_shapelib" title="${svgEditor.i18next.t(`${name}:buttons.0.title`)}" lib="./extensions/ext-shapes/shapelib/"
+          <se-explorerbutton id="tool_shapelib" title="${svgEditor.i18next.t(`${name}:buttons.0.title`)}" lib="${extPath}/ext-shapes/shapelib/"
           src="shapelib.svg"></se-explorerbutton>
           `
           canv.insertChildAtIndex($id('tools_left'), buttonTemplate, 9)