diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cc16451..4d7008e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -355,7 +355,16 @@ version = "5.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44c45a9d03d6676652bcb5e724c7e988de1acad23a711b5217ab9cbecbec2225"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
+ "dirs-sys 0.4.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3e8aa94d75141228480295a7d0e7feb620b1a5ad9f12bc40be62411e38cce4e"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys 0.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -366,10 +375,22 @@ checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
- "redox_users",
+ "redox_users 0.4.6",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[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 0.5.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -912,6 +933,7 @@ name = "kovachevbot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "dirs 6.0.0",
  "dotenvy",
  "formatx",
  "mwbot",
@@ -1063,7 +1085,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
@@ -1101,7 +1123,7 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c9bd2541dc62753f72872960a187ec77b0b4ca48aaaea00ecdbe8af7064e204b"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 5.0.1",
  "libc",
  "mwapi",
  "mwapi_responses",
@@ -1113,7 +1135,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
@@ -1150,7 +1172,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "regex",
  "serde",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
@@ -1255,7 +1277,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",
@@ -1550,7 +1572,18 @@ checksum = "ba009ff324d1fc1b900bd1fdb31564febe58a8ccc8a6fdbb93b543d33b13ca43"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.16",
  "libredox",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd6f9d3d47bdd2ad6945c5015a226ec6155d0bcdfd8f7cd29f86b71f8de99d2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.16",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1836,7 +1869,7 @@ version = "3.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b1fdf65dd6331831494dd616b30351c38e96e45921a27745cf98490458b90bb"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 5.0.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2002,7 +2035,16 @@ version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6aaf5339b578ea85b50e080feb250a3e8ae8cfcdff9a461c9ec2904bc923f52"
 dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
+ "thiserror-impl 1.0.69",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "2.0.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "567b8a2dae586314f7be2a752ec7474332959c6460e02bde30d702a66d488708"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl 2.0.12",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2016,6 +2058,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.101",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "2.0.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f7cf42b4507d8ea322120659672cf1b9dbb93f8f2d4ecfd6e51350ff5b17a1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.101",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5e5aa34..5683170 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.37", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+dirs = "6.0.0"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 formatx = "0.2.4"
 mwbot = "0.6.1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 37f6339..eee4b6e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use formatx::formatx;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use mwbot::parsoid::WikiMultinode;
+use dirs::config_dir;
 
 const CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: &'static str = "mwbot_template.toml";
-const BOT_CONFIG_PATH: &'static str = "~/.config/mwbot.toml";
+const BOT_CONFIG_FILENAME: &'static str = "mwbot.toml";
+
+fn get_bot_config_path() -> PathBuf {
+    config_dir().unwrap().join(BOT_CONFIG_FILENAME)
+}
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ enum Action {
 fn setup(args: SetupArgs) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     let config_template = std::fs::read_to_string(CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH).or(Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound, format!("Unable to find {}; did you execute the script from the same directory?", CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH))))?;
     let filled_in_config = formatx!(config_template, args.api_url, args.rest_url, args.username, args.botpassword, args.oauth2_token).unwrap();
-    let path = shellexpand::tilde(BOT_CONFIG_PATH).into_owned();
+    let path = get_bot_config_path();
     std::fs::write(&path, filled_in_config).unwrap();
     // Fix permissions on UNIX-like systems, since mwbot-rs doesn't like to read configs with loose permissions.
     {
@@ -63,7 +69,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     match cli.action {
         Action::Setup(args) => {
             setup(args)?;
-            eprintln!("Successfully set up {BOT_CONFIG_PATH}.")
+            eprintln!("Successfully set up {}.", get_bot_config_path().to_str().unwrap())
         },
         Action::Run => {
             let bot = mwbot::Bot::from_default_config().await.unwrap();