diff --git a/src/main/java/moviescraper/doctord/controller/amalgamation/AllAmalgamationOrderingPreferences.java b/src/main/java/moviescraper/doctord/controller/amalgamation/AllAmalgamationOrderingPreferences.java
index ac9cf4e..ce57ee3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/moviescraper/doctord/controller/amalgamation/AllAmalgamationOrderingPreferences.java
+++ b/src/main/java/moviescraper/doctord/controller/amalgamation/AllAmalgamationOrderingPreferences.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ import moviescraper.doctord.controller.siteparsingprofile.specific.TheMovieDatab
 public class AllAmalgamationOrderingPreferences {
 
 	Map<ScraperGroupName, ScraperGroupAmalgamationPreference> allAmalgamationOrderingPreferences;
-	private static final String settingsFileName = "AmalgamationSettings.json";
+	private final static String folderNameOfSettings = (System.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") != null ? System.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") : System.getenv("HOME")) + "/.config/JAVMovieSraper";
+	private static final String settingsFileName = folderNameOfSettings + "/AmalgamationSettings.json";
 
 	public AllAmalgamationOrderingPreferences() {
 		allAmalgamationOrderingPreferences = new Hashtable<>();
@@ -89,7 +90,9 @@ public class AllAmalgamationOrderingPreferences {
 	}
 
 	public void saveToPreferencesFile() {
-		try (FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(settingsFileName); JsonWriter jw = new JsonWriter(outputStream);) {
+		File f = new File(settingsFileName);
+		f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+		try (FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(f); JsonWriter jw = new JsonWriter(outputStream);) {
 			jw.write(this);
 			System.out.println("Saved amalgamation preferences to " + settingsFileName);
 		} catch (IOException e1) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/moviescraper/doctord/model/preferences/Settings.java b/src/main/java/moviescraper/doctord/model/preferences/Settings.java
index 5810bf3..84fdde2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/moviescraper/doctord/model/preferences/Settings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/moviescraper/doctord/model/preferences/Settings.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package moviescraper.doctord.model.preferences;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.InvalidPropertiesFormatException;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 public class Settings {
 
 	private final static Properties programPreferences = new Properties();
-	private static final String fileNameOfPreferences = "settings.xml";
+	private final static String folderNameOfPreferences = (System.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") != null ? System.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") : System.getenv("HOME")) + "/.config/JAVMovieSraper";
+	private static final String fileNameOfPreferences = folderNameOfPreferences + "/settings.xml";
 
 	protected interface Key {
 		String getKey();
@@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ public class Settings {
 	}
 
 	public static void savePreferences() {
-		try (FileOutputStream settingsOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(fileNameOfPreferences);) {
+		File f = new File(fileNameOfPreferences);
+		f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+		try (FileOutputStream settingsOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(f);) {
 			programPreferences.storeToXML(settingsOutputStream, "");
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
 			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
@@ -115,4 +119,4 @@ public class Settings {
 	public String toString() {
 		return programPreferences.toString();
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}