diff --git a/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.c b/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.c
index 31e84e712..539be5e34 100644
--- a/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.c
+++ b/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.c
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ int Java_org_libsdl_app_SDLActivity_nativeInit(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls, jobject
     SDL_SetMainReady();
 
     /* Run the application code! */
+    /* Use the name "app_process" so PHYSFS_platformCalcBaseDir() works.
+       https://bitbucket.org/MartinFelis/love-android-sdl2/issue/23/release-build-crash-on-start
+     */
     int status;
     char *argv[2];
-    argv[0] = SDL_strdup("SDL_app");
+    argv[0] = SDL_strdup("app_process");
     argv[1] = NULL;
     status = SDL_main(1, argv);