diff --git a/ggpo/common/settings.py b/ggpo/common/settings.py
index d0b9b8c..ce481ed 100644
--- a/ggpo/common/settings.py
+++ b/ggpo/common/settings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import pickle
+import os.path
 from PyQt4.QtCore import QSettings
 
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class Settings:
     WINE_LOCATION = 'wineLocation'
     GEOIP2DB_LOCATION = 'geoip2dbLocation'
 
-    _settings = QSettings('ggpo.ini', QSettings.IniFormat)
+    _settings = QSettings(os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), 'ggpo.ini'), QSettings.IniFormat)
 
     @staticmethod
     def setBoolean(key, val):
diff --git a/ggpo/common/util.py b/ggpo/common/util.py
index 08b1cfc..e488ccf 100644
--- a/ggpo/common/util.py
+++ b/ggpo/common/util.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
 from ggpo.common.settings import Settings
 from ggpo.common import copyright
-
+from os.path import expanduser
 
 def checkUpdate():
     versionurl = 'https://raw.github.com/doctorguile/pyqtggpo/master/VERSION'
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def loggerInit():
     _logger = logging.getLogger('GGPO')
     _logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     fh = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
-        'ggpo.log', mode='a', maxBytes=100000, backupCount=4)
+        os.path.join(expanduser("~"), 'ggpo.log'), mode='a', maxBytes=100000, backupCount=4)
     if Settings.value(Settings.DEBUG_LOG):
         fh.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     else: