diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f78ac834..84c6a2fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [0.9.7] 2020
 ### Improvements
+- AppImage
+    - Manual file installation default search path set to '~/Downloads'
 - Arch
     - upgrade summary: displaying the reason a given package must be installed
      <p align="center">
diff --git a/bauh/api/abstract/view.py b/bauh/api/abstract/view.py
index 3e3a7369..7995add7 100644
--- a/bauh/api/abstract/view.py
+++ b/bauh/api/abstract/view.py
@@ -182,13 +182,14 @@ class FormComponent(ViewComponent):
 class FileChooserComponent(ViewComponent):
 
     def __init__(self, allowed_extensions: Set[str] = None, label: str = None, tooltip: str = None,
-                 file_path: str = None, max_width: int = -1, id_: str = None):
+                 file_path: str = None, max_width: int = -1, id_: str = None, search_path: str = None):
         super(FileChooserComponent, self).__init__(id_=id_)
         self.label = label
         self.allowed_extensions = allowed_extensions
         self.file_path = file_path
         self.tooltip = tooltip
         self.max_width = max_width
+        self.search_path = search_path
 
 
 class TabComponent(ViewComponent):
diff --git a/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py b/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
index 18bac25d..b787814d 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
@@ -69,7 +69,12 @@ class AppImageManager(SoftwareManager):
                                                         icon_path=resource.get_path('img/upgrade.svg', ROOT_DIR))]
 
     def install_file(self, root_password: str, watcher: ProcessWatcher) -> bool:
-        file_chooser = FileChooserComponent(label=self.i18n['file'].capitalize(), allowed_extensions={'AppImage'})
+        default_path = '{}/Downloads'.format(str(Path.home()))
+
+        if not os.path.isdir(default_path):
+            default_path = None
+
+        file_chooser = FileChooserComponent(label=self.i18n['file'].capitalize(), allowed_extensions={'AppImage'}, search_path=default_path)
         input_name = TextInputComponent(label=self.i18n['name'].capitalize())
         input_version = TextInputComponent(label=self.i18n['version'].capitalize())
         input_description = TextInputComponent(label=self.i18n['description'].capitalize())
diff --git a/bauh/view/qt/components.py b/bauh/view/qt/components.py
index 16f1e159..4501953b 100644
--- a/bauh/view/qt/components.py
+++ b/bauh/view/qt/components.py
@@ -840,6 +840,8 @@ class FormQt(QGroupBox):
 
             if c.file_path and os.path.isfile(c.file_path):
                 cur_path = c.file_path
+            elif c.search_path and os.path.exists(c.search_path):
+                cur_path = c.search_path
             else:
                 cur_path = str(Path.home())