diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a8381d..4d2a825 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ You can get a list of supported devices with:
 
 ### Options
 
+* `asar`: For electron applications, whether asar archiving is enabled or not. Default `false`.
 * `consecutiveFramesForSilence`: How many frames of audio must be silent before `onChunkEnd` is fired. Default `10`.
 * `consecutiveFramesForSpeaking`: How many frames of audio must be speech before `onChunkStart` is fired. Default `1`.
 * `leadingBufferFrames`: How many frames of audio to keep in a buffer that's included in `onChunkStart`. Default `10`.
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index fd98de0..2baf031 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const { SpeechRecorder, devices } = require("bindings")("speechrecorder.node");
 class Wrapper {
   constructor(options, model) {
     options = options ? options : {};
+    options.asar = options.asar !== undefined ? options.asar : false;
     options.consecutiveFramesForSilence =
       options.consecutiveFramesForSilence !== undefined ? options.consecutiveFramesForSilence : 10;
     options.consecutiveFramesForSpeaking =
@@ -33,8 +34,11 @@ class Wrapper {
     options.webrtcVadResultsSize =
       options.webrtcVadResultsSize !== undefined ? options.webrtcVadResultsSize : 10;
 
+    let defaultModelPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "lib", "resources", "vad.onnx");
+    if (options.asar) defaultModelPath = defaultModelPath.replace('app.asar', 'app.asar.unpacked');
+
     this.inner = new SpeechRecorder(
-      model !== undefined ? model : path.join(__dirname, "..", "lib", "resources", "vad.onnx"),
+      model !== undefined ? model : defaultModelPath,
       (event, data) => {
         if (event == "chunkStart") {
           options.onChunkStart({ audio: data.audio });