diff --git a/src/defaultfont.h b/src/defaultfont.h
index e8b2e94..886d1b8 100644
--- a/src/defaultfont.h
+++ b/src/defaultfont.h
@@ -3,11 +3,27 @@
 //
 
 #pragma once
+#include <filesystem>
+
+
+const char* getLinuxFilePath() {
+    const char *fonts[] = {
+            "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf", // openSUSE
+            "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf", // Debian
+            "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf", // Arch
+            "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf", // Fedora
+    };
+    for (const char *font : fonts)
+        if (std::filesystem::exists(font))
+            return font;
+
+    return nullptr;
+}
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
 const char* defaultFontPath = "C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\Arial.ttf";
 #elif defined(__linux__)
-const char *defaultFontPath = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf";
+const char *defaultFontPath = getLinuxFilePath();
 #elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__MACH__)
 const char *defaultFontPath = "/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental/Arial.ttf";
 #else