2 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/prefs.cc b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/prefs.cc
index b303ffdaf9..7fd38ef6d7 100644
--- a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/prefs.cc
+++ b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/prefs.cc
@@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ namespace gr {
     // Find if there is a ~/.gnuradio/config.conf file and add this to
     // the end of the file list to override any preferences in the
     // installed path config files.
-    fs::path homedir = fs::path(gr::appdata_path());
-    homedir = homedir/".gnuradio/config.conf";
-    if(fs::exists(homedir)) {
-      fnames.push_back(homedir.string());
+    fs::path userconf = fs::path(gr::userconf_path()) / "config.conf";
+    if(fs::exists(userconf)) {
+      fnames.push_back(userconf.string());
     }
 
     return fnames;
@@ -222,10 +221,8 @@ namespace gr {
   prefs::save()
   {
     std::string conf = to_string();
-
-    fs::path homedir = fs::path(gr::appdata_path());
-    homedir = homedir/".gnuradio/config.conf";
-    fs::ofstream fout(homedir);
+    fs::path userconf = fs::path(gr::userconf_path()) / "config.conf";
+    fs::ofstream fout(userconf);
     fout << conf;
     fout.close();
   }
diff --git a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/sys_paths.cc b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/sys_paths.cc
index 64853c68b2..3bf6697bac 100644
--- a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/sys_paths.cc
+++ b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/sys_paths.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <cstdlib> //getenv
 #include <cstdio>  //P_tmpdir (maybe)
 
+#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
+
 namespace gr {
 
   const char *tmp_path()
@@ -62,4 +64,11 @@ namespace gr {
     return tmp_path();
   }
 
+  const char *userconf_path()
+  {
+    boost::filesystem::path p(appdata_path());
+    p = p / ".gnuradio";
+    return p.c_str();
+  }
+
 }  /* namespace gr */