diff --git a/firmware/common/rbpaths.c b/firmware/common/rbpaths.c
index 62a23e0..6d8bf37 100644
--- a/firmware/common/rbpaths.c
+++ b/firmware/common/rbpaths.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static bool try_path(const char* filename, unsigned flags)
     return false;
 }

-const char* get_user_file_path(const char *path,
+const char* _get_user_file_path(const char *path,
                                unsigned flags,
                                char* buf,
                                const size_t bufsize)
diff --git a/firmware/export/rbpaths.h b/firmware/export/rbpaths.h
index cd87888..418d76b 100644
--- a/firmware/export/rbpaths.h
+++ b/firmware/export/rbpaths.h
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) const char* get_user_file_path(cons

 #define paths_init()
 #else /* application */
+#ifndef PLUGIN
+static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) const char* get_user_file_path(const char *path,
+                               unsigned flags,
+                               char* buf,
+                               const size_t bufsize)
+{
+    if (flags & FORCE_BUFFER_COPY)
+    {
+        strlcpy(buf, path, bufsize);
+        return buf;
+    }
+    return path;
+}
+#endif

 #define PLUGIN_DIR          ROCKBOX_LIBRARY_PATH "/rockbox/rocks"
 #define CODECS_DIR          ROCKBOX_LIBRARY_PATH "/rockbox/codecs"
@@ -92,7 +106,7 @@ static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) const char* get_user_file_path(cons
 #define PLAYLIST_CATALOG_DEFAULT_DIR ROCKBOX_DIR "/Playlists"

 extern void paths_init(void);
-extern const char* get_user_file_path(const char *path,
+extern const char* _get_user_file_path(const char *path,
                                unsigned flags,
                                char* buf,
                                const size_t bufsize);
diff --git a/uisimulator/common/io.c b/uisimulator/common/io.c
index 3591905..73f0c0f 100644
--- a/uisimulator/common/io.c
+++ b/uisimulator/common/io.c
@@ -354,8 +354,17 @@ int sim_open(const char *name, int o, ...)
 {
     int opts = rockbox2sim(o);
     int ret;
+    char realpath[MAX_PATH];
     if (num_openfiles >= MAX_OPEN_FILES)
         return -2;
+
+    if (!strncmp(ROCKBOX_DIR, name, ROCKBOX_DIR_LEN))
+    {
+        int flags = IS_FILE;
+        if (opts & (O_CREAT|O_RDWR))
+            flags |= NEED_WRITE;
+        name = _get_user_file_path(name, flags, realpath, sizeof(realpath));
+    }

     if (opts & O_CREAT)
     {