diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 72db6fe..6fb5957 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -630,6 +630,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "directories"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "16f5094c54661b38d03bd7e50df373292118db60b585c08a411c6d840017fe7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e01a3366d27ee9890022452ee61b2b63a67e6f13f58900b651ff5665f0bb1fab"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -1117,6 +1138,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libredox"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0ff37bd590ca25063e35af745c343cb7a0271906fb7b37e4813e8f79f00268d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.14"
@@ -1403,6 +1434,12 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "owo-colors"
 version = "3.5.0"
@@ -1623,7 +1660,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_chacha",
  "simd_helpers",
  "system-deps",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.62",
  "v_frame",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -1678,6 +1715,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd6f9d3d47bdd2ad6945c5015a226ec6155d0bcdfd8f7cd29f86b71f8de99d2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.10.6"
@@ -1914,6 +1962,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "console",
  "dircpy",
+ "directories",
  "fxhash",
  "image",
  "laurier",
@@ -2134,7 +2183,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "png",
  "resvg",
  "siphasher",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.62",
  "tiny-skia",
  "usvg",
  "xml-rs",
@@ -2146,7 +2195,16 @@ version = "1.0.62"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f2675633b1499176c2dff06b0856a27976a8f9d436737b4cf4f312d4d91d8bbb"
 dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
+ "thiserror-impl 1.0.62",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "2.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d452f284b73e6d76dd36758a0c8684b1d5be31f92b89d07fd5822175732206fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl 2.0.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2160,6 +2218,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.93",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "2.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26afc1baea8a989337eeb52b6e72a039780ce45c3edfcc9c5b9d112feeb173c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.93",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aec89f8..359c2de 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ chrono = "0.4.39"
 clap = { version = "4.5.26", features = ["derive"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 console = "0.15.10"
+directories = "6.0.0"
 fxhash = "0.2.1"
 image = "0.25.5"
 laurier = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 9cd5a68..ececb4d 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn load() -> (UiConfig, GraphConfig, Option<KeyBind>) {
             read_config_from_path(&user_path)
         }
         None => {
-            let default_path = xdg_config_file_path();
+            let default_path = config_file_path();
             if default_path.exists() {
                 read_config_from_path(&default_path)
             } else {
@@ -51,10 +51,14 @@ fn config_file_path_from_env() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     env::var(CONFIG_FILE_ENV_NAME).ok().map(PathBuf::from)
 }
 
-fn xdg_config_file_path() -> PathBuf {
-    xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix(APP_DIR_NAME)
-        .unwrap()
-        .get_config_file(CONFIG_FILE_NAME)
+fn config_file_path() -> PathBuf {
+    use directories::BaseDirs;
+
+    BaseDirs::new()
+        .expect("Couldn't get the base user directories!")
+        .config_dir()
+        .join(APP_DIR_NAME)
+        .join(CONFIG_FILE_NAME)
 }
 
 fn read_config_from_path(path: &Path) -> Config {