diff --git a/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/Managers/DeviceConfigurationManager.cs b/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/Managers/DeviceConfigurationManager.cs
index f6877f2..b03b84f 100644
--- a/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/Managers/DeviceConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/Managers/DeviceConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ namespace Wissance.Zerial.Desktop.Managers
 {
     public class DeviceConfigurationManager
     {
-        public DeviceConfigurationManager(string configFile)
+        public DeviceConfigurationManager(string env, string configFile)
         {
-            try
+            if (env != Program.SnapEnvironmentKey)
             {
                 bool result = PrepareDevConfigDirectory(configFile);
                 if (!result)
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ public DeviceConfigurationManager(string configFile)
                     }
                 }
             }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                // SNAP ASSHOLE!!!
-            }
         }
 
         public ObservableCollection<SerialPortShortInfoModel> Load()
diff --git a/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/Program.cs b/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/Program.cs
index c41e02e..f95a488 100644
--- a/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/Program.cs
+++ b/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/Program.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Avalonia;
 using Avalonia.ReactiveUI;
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace Wissance.Zerial.Desktop;
 
@@ -10,8 +11,21 @@ class Program
     // SynchronizationContext-reliant code before AppMain is called: things aren't initialized
     // yet and stuff might break.
     [STAThread]
-    public static void Main(string[] args) => BuildAvaloniaApp()
-        .StartWithClassicDesktopLifetime(args);
+    public static void Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        string env = args.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Contains(EnvironmentKey));
+        Environment = OtherEnvironmentKey;
+        if (env != null)
+        {
+            string[] parts = env.Split("=");
+            if (parts.Length == 2)
+            {
+                Environment = parts[1].ToLower() == SnapEnvironmentKey ? SnapEnvironmentKey : OtherEnvironmentKey;
+            }
+        }
+
+        BuildAvaloniaApp().StartWithClassicDesktopLifetime(args);
+    }
 
     // Avalonia configuration, don't remove; also used by visual designer.
     public static AppBuilder BuildAvaloniaApp()
@@ -20,4 +34,10 @@ public static AppBuilder BuildAvaloniaApp()
             .WithInterFont()
             .LogToTrace()
             .UseReactiveUI();
+    
+    public static string Environment { get; set; }
+
+    public const string SnapEnvironmentKey = "snap";
+    public const string OtherEnvironmentKey = "other";
+    private const string EnvironmentKey = "environment";
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs b/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
index 5a8fb5b..750f109 100644
--- a/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
+++ b/app/Wissance.Zerial/Wissance.Zerial.Desktop/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public MainWindowViewModel()
             SelectedPortNumber = Ports.Any() ? Ports.First() : null;
             _deviceManager = new MultiDeviceRs232Manager(OnSerialDeviceDataReceived, new LoggerFactory());
             _serialDevices = new List<SerialDeviceModel>();
-            _configurationManager = new DeviceConfigurationManager("devices.json");
+            _configurationManager = new DeviceConfigurationManager(Program.Environment, "devices.json");
             DevicesConfigs = _configurationManager.Load();
             // these init depends on loaded configuration
             foreach (SerialPortShortInfoModel config in DevicesConfigs)
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index fd18f0b..d1f569a 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ apps:
     plugs:
       - desktop
       - desktop-legacy
-    command: ./Wissance.Zerial.Desktop
+    command: ./Wissance.Zerial.Desktop --environment=snap