diff --git a/tools/wineapploader.in b/tools/wineapploader.in
index f48d552..14001a0 100755
--- a/tools/wineapploader.in
+++ b/tools/wineapploader.in
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 #
 
 # determine the app Winelib library name
-appname=`basename "$0" .exe`.exe
+appname=${0##*/}
+appname="${appname%%-*}.exe"
 
 # first try explicit WINELOADER
 if [ -x "$WINELOADER" ]; then exec "$WINELOADER" "$appname" "$@"; fi