diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/mainwindow.cpp b/Applications/DataExplorer/mainwindow.cpp
index feeaaeeb8767026fb82c0095fb85caaf1208819d..a7fc34ca87831e402e49e49e4dcc2c65a1d8ffce 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1022,7 +1022,9 @@ void MainWindow::callGMSH(std::vector<std::string> & selectedGeometries,
 
 void MainWindow::showFileConverter()
 {
-    auto* dlg = new OGSFileConverter(this);
+    QSettings settings;
+    auto* dlg = new OGSFileConverter(
+        settings.value("DataExplorerGmshPath").toString().toStdString(), this);
     dlg->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
     dlg->show();
     dlg->raise();
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/OGSFileConverter.cpp b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/OGSFileConverter.cpp
index 8f435727edcbdc57824d179a761e21aa1827e7d8..bd99951551267b7ae34afbce0ab19589c6b4fee8 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/OGSFileConverter.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/OGSFileConverter.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 #include "MeshLib/IO/VtkIO/VtuInterface.h"
 #include "MeshLib/Mesh.h"
 
-OGSFileConverter::OGSFileConverter(QWidget* parent)
-    : QDialog(parent)
+OGSFileConverter::OGSFileConverter(std::string const& gmsh_path,
+                                   QWidget* parent)
+    : QDialog(parent), _gmsh_path(gmsh_path)
 {
     setupUi(this);
 }
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ void OGSFileConverter::convertGLI2GML(const QStringList &input, const QString &o
         std::string unique_name;
         std::vector<std::string> errors;
 
-        FileIO::Legacy::readGLIFileV4(input_string.toStdString(),
-                                          geo_objects, unique_name, errors);
+        FileIO::Legacy::readGLIFileV4(input_string.toStdString(), geo_objects,
+                                      unique_name, errors, _gmsh_path);
         if (errors.empty() ||
             (errors.size() == 1 &&
              errors[0] == "[readSurface] polyline for surface not found!"))
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/OGSFileConverter.h b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/OGSFileConverter.h
index 54c1b883d2eed9c3aea9bb4a23d9f5d8df3c80df..2d5a0e67057f9181489bf136ec91df10b7817ede 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/OGSFileConverter.h
+++ b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/OGSFileConverter.h
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ class OGSFileConverter : public QDialog, private Ui_OGSFileConverter
 
 public:
     /// Constructor
-    OGSFileConverter(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+    OGSFileConverter(std::string const& gmsh_path, QWidget* parent = nullptr);
     /// Destructor
     ~OGSFileConverter() override;
 
 private:
     /// Checks if a given file already exists
     bool fileExists(const std::string &file_name) const;
+    std::string const _gmsh_path;
 
 private slots:
     /// Converts all files in the input list and writes the new files to the output directory with the same file name + updated extension.
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/main.cpp b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/main.cpp
index f31a8b3f0ec0eafe03000e97d898d5363e6b1815..f6876f9c6b01f00cb09de46c2e9f8b8809fa8863 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/main.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/main.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 
 #include <clocale>
 
+#include <tclap/CmdLine.h>
+
 #include "Applications/ApplicationsLib/LogogSetup.h"
+#include "BaseLib/BuildInfo.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 
@@ -20,9 +23,22 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     ApplicationsLib::LogogSetup logog_setup;
 
+    TCLAP::CmdLine cmd(
+        "A conversion tool for ogs5 and ogs6 files.\n\n"
+        "OpenGeoSys-6 software, version " +
+            BaseLib::BuildInfo::git_describe +
+            ".\n"
+            "Copyright (c) 2012-2019, OpenGeoSys Community "
+            "(http://www.opengeosys.org)",
+        ' ', BaseLib::BuildInfo::git_describe);
+    TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> gmsh_path_arg("g", "gmsh-path",
+                                               "the path to the gmsh binary",
+                                               false, "", "path as string");
+    cmd.add(gmsh_path_arg);
+    cmd.parse( argc, argv );
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
     setlocale(LC_NUMERIC,"C");
-    auto* fc = new OGSFileConverter();
+    auto* fc = new OGSFileConverter(gmsh_path_arg.getValue());
     fc->setWindowTitle( fc->windowTitle() );
     fc->show();
     int returncode = app.exec();