diff --git a/src/launcher.ts b/src/launcher.ts
index 5233629f..69379af5 100644
--- a/src/launcher.ts
+++ b/src/launcher.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export default class ElectronLaunchService implements Services.ServiceInstance {
  * @returns   path to the Electron app binary
  */
 export async function detectBinaryPath(pkg: NormalizedReadResult, p = process) {
-  const appName: string = pkg.packageJson.build?.productName || pkg.packageJson.name;
+  const appName: string = pkg.packageJson.productName || pkg.packageJson.build?.productName || pkg.packageJson.name;
   if (!appName) {
     return undefined;
   }
diff --git a/test/launcher.spec.ts b/test/launcher.spec.ts
index 47e19d2d..33c28872 100644
--- a/test/launcher.spec.ts
+++ b/test/launcher.spec.ts
@@ -503,9 +503,7 @@ describe('detectBinaryPath', () => {
         {
           path: pkgJSONPath,
           packageJson: {
-            build: {
-              productName: 'my-app',
-            },
+            productName: 'my-app',
             devDependencies: {
               '@electron-forge/cli': '7.0.0-beta.54',
             },
@@ -554,9 +552,7 @@ describe('detectBinaryPath', () => {
         {
           path: pkgJSONPath,
           packageJson: {
-            build: {
-              productName: 'my-app',
-            },
+            productName: 'my-app',
             devDependencies: {
               'electron-builder': '^24.6.4',
             },