diff --git a/code/modules/admin/whitelist.dm b/code/modules/admin/whitelist.dm
index 934e47aa23..d6e8fc908f 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/whitelist.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/whitelist.dm
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#define WHITELISTFILE "config/whitelist.txt"
+#define WHITELISTFILE "config/whitelist.txt, gamedata/config/whitelist.txt"
 
 GLOBAL_LIST(whitelist)
 GLOBAL_PROTECT(whitelist)
 
 /proc/load_whitelist()
 	GLOB.whitelist = list()
-	for(var/line in world.file2list(WHITELISTFILE))
+	for(var/line in world.file2list(WHITELISTFILE))
 		if(!line)
 			continue
 		if(findtextEx(line,"#",1,2))