diff --git a/apps/Steam/install-64 b/apps/Steam/install-64
index 50dc810aeb..0ac6ba207d 100755
--- a/apps/Steam/install-64
+++ b/apps/Steam/install-64
@@ -50,16 +50,24 @@ rm -f /home/${USER}/Desktop/steam.desktop' | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/steam || er
 # set execution bit
 sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/steam
 
+#remove crashhandler.so from archive that is extracted to ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/crashhandler.so
+#fixes first launch error
+rm -rf /tmp/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32
+mkdir -p /tmp/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32 || error "failed to make temp folder /tmp/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32"
+tar -xf '/usr/lib/steam/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz' -C /tmp/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32 || error "failed to extract bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz"
+rm -f /tmp/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32/ubuntu12_32/crashhandler.so || error "failed to remove crashhandler.so"
+#overwrite the archive (changes will be overwritten on steam.deb update, but this is only needed once for first setup to not fail)
+sudo tar -cJf '/usr/lib/steam/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz' -C /tmp/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32 . || error "failed to compress new bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz"
+rm -rf ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/crashhandler.so /tmp/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32 #remove it in case it already exists
+
 # move official steam.desktop file to /usr/local and edit it (move it so users ignoring the reboot warning cannot find the wrong launcher)
-# we can't edit the official steam.desktop file since this will get overwritten on a steam update (asteam adds its own apt repo)
+# we can't edit the official steam.desktop file since this will get overwritten on a steam update (steam adds its own apt repo)
 # if a matching name .desktop file is found in /usr/local/share/applications it takes priority over /usr/share/applications
 sudo mv -f /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop /usr/local/share/applications/steam.desktop
 sudo sed -i 's:Exec=/usr/bin/steam:Exec=/usr/local/bin/steam:' /usr/local/share/applications/steam.desktop
+#symlink to original location to prevent first-run steam exit when file is missing, and to prevent /usr/local/share in PATH from being a hard requirement (Chances are the user will reboot before steam.deb gets an update)
+sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/applications/steam.desktop /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop
 
 rm -f $HOME/Desktop/steam.desktop
 
-if ! echo "$XDG_DATA_DIRS" | grep -q "/usr/local/share" || ! echo "$PATH" | grep -q "/usr/local/bin" ; then
-  warning "YOU NEED TO REBOOT before starting steam. This is because Steam is the first application on your system to be installed into the /usr/local folder."
-else
-  warning "Steam should be able to launch right now from the menu, but if it fails, try rebooting."
-fi
+status "Steam should be able to launch right now from the menu, but if it fails, try rebooting."