diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.c b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
index b6305cc2..725b9632 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.c
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
@@ -332,7 +332,19 @@ get_xdir (void)
 
 		if (portable_mode () || !get_reg_str ("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders", "AppData", out, sizeof (out)))
 		{
-			xdir = g_strdup (".\\config");
+			char *path;
+			char file[MAX_PATH];
+			HMODULE hModule;
+			
+			hModule = GetModuleHandle (NULL);
+			if (GetModuleFileName (hModule, file, sizeof(file)))
+			{
+				path = g_path_get_dirname (file);
+				xdir = g_build_filename (path, "config", NULL);
+				g_free (path);
+			}
+			else
+				xdir = g_strdup (".\\config");
 		}
 		else
 		{