diff --git a/setupApps.ps1 b/setupApps.ps1
index 0e74b16..7b46f51 100644
--- a/setupApps.ps1
+++ b/setupApps.ps1
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function InstallApps {
             InstallExeSetup -app "SalsaJ_2_3.exe" -skipIf "C:\Program Files (x86)\SalsaJ"
             # edit C:\Users\Public\Desktop\SalsaJ.lnk target to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8\bin\javaw.exe" -jar -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 "C:\Program Files (x86)\SalsaJ\SalsaJ.jar"
             $shell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
-            $shortcut = $shell.CreateShortcut(Join-Path $env:PUBLIC "Desktop\SalsaJ.lnk")
+            $shortcut = $shell.CreateShortcut($(Join-Path $env:PUBLIC "Desktop\SalsaJ.lnk"))
             $shortcut.TargetPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8\bin\javaw.exe"
             $shortcut.Arguments = "-jar -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 `"$env:ProgramFiles (x86)\SalsaJ\SalsaJ.jar`""
             $shortcut.Save()