diff --git a/services/wolf.sh b/services/wolf.sh
index 261860a..32ede95 100644
--- a/services/wolf.sh
+++ b/services/wolf.sh
@@ -1874,7 +1874,28 @@ fuse scummvm"
         # own repo (Data/Sys), so fetch it here too instead of requiring that
         # GUI step. Sparse+shallow checkout — the full repo is large, this
         # folder isn't.
-        SYS_DIR="$GAME_DIR/retroarch/system/dolphin-emu/Sys"
+        #
+        # Confirmed live: RetroArch's own docs say this goes under
+        # system_directory/dolphin-emu/Sys, and GoW's own shipped
+        # retroarch.cfg sets system_directory = "~/bioses" — NOT RetroArch's
+        # usual default of ~/.config/retroarch/system. An earlier version of
+        # this script assumed the default and wrote to the wrong place
+        # (retroarch/system/dolphin-emu/Sys on the host, which the real
+        # config never reads). Read the actual configured value instead of
+        # assuming, and self-heal by moving a Sys folder that's already
+        # sitting in that old wrong location.
+        _RA_SYS_CFG=$(grep -i '^system_directory' "$GAME_DIR/retroarch/retroarch.cfg" 2>/dev/null \
+            | sed -E 's/^system_directory[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*"([^"]*)".*/\1/')
+        case "$_RA_SYS_CFG" in
+            "~/.config/retroarch/system") SYS_DIR="$GAME_DIR/retroarch/system/dolphin-emu/Sys" ;;
+            *)                            SYS_DIR="$GAME_DIR/bios/dolphin-emu/Sys" ;;
+        esac
+        OLD_SYS_DIR="$GAME_DIR/retroarch/system/dolphin-emu/Sys"
+        if [ "$OLD_SYS_DIR" != "$SYS_DIR" ] && [ -d "$OLD_SYS_DIR" ] && [ ! -d "$SYS_DIR" ]; then
+            mkdir -p "$(dirname "$SYS_DIR")"
+            mv "$OLD_SYS_DIR" "$SYS_DIR"
+            echo "Moved Dolphin's Sys folder to the location RetroArch's own config actually reads: $SYS_DIR"
+        fi
         if [ -f "$CORES_DIR/dolphin_libretro.so" ] && [ ! -d "$SYS_DIR" ]; then
             echo "Fetching Dolphin's Sys folder (needed for GameCube/Wii to boot)..."
             SYS_TMP=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -3579,13 +3600,17 @@ exact same \`.zip\`-per-game naming as real ROMs, so if they're sitting in
 \`roms/mame/\` alongside your actual ROM set, ES-DE/RetroArch's MAME core
 lists them as if they were games too — there's no reliable filename-only
 way to tell them apart (a samples zip and a ROM zip for the same game can
-share the identical name). They belong in RetroArch's system directory
-instead, under a MAME-core-specific \`samples/\` subfolder (e.g.
-\`retroarch/system/mame2003-plus/samples/\` for MAME2003-Plus — the exact
-subfolder name depends on which MAME core variant you're using), never in
-\`roms/mame/\` itself. A samples zip's contents are almost entirely \`.wav\`
-files where a real ROM zip's aren't, which is the practical way to tell
-them apart if you're not sure which of your files are which.
+share the identical name). They belong in RetroArch's \`system_directory\`
+instead, under a MAME-core-specific \`samples/\` subfolder — check
+\`retroarch/retroarch.cfg\`'s own \`system_directory\` value before assuming
+a path (confirmed live: on this repo's Wolf setup it's actually \`bios/\`,
+not RetroArch's usual default of \`retroarch/system/\` — the same thing
+that bit Dolphin's \`Sys\` folder earlier), so most likely
+\`bios/mame2003-plus/samples/\` for MAME2003-Plus (the exact subfolder name
+depends on which MAME core variant you're using), never in \`roms/mame/\`
+itself. A samples zip's contents are almost entirely \`.wav\` files where a
+real ROM zip's aren't, which is the practical way to tell them apart if
+you're not sure which of your files are which.
 
 ## Troubleshooting: app exits immediately ("Permission denied")
 If a launcher (Steam, etc.) closes the moment it opens, its Wolf-managed home