diff -Nru bbgallery-1.1.0/mkgallery.pl bbgallery-1.1.0.new/mkgallery.pl
--- bbgallery-1.1.0/mkgallery.pl	Mon Jun 10 00:36:06 2002
+++ bbgallery-1.1.0.new/mkgallery.pl	Sun Mar 23 15:21:01 2003
@@ -590,9 +590,14 @@
     my %c;
 
     # check for global config file
-    if ( -f "$ENV{HOME}/.bbgallery" ) {
-	load_config (  \%P, "$ENV{HOME}/.bbgallery" );
-    }
+	if ("$ENV{ETC_DIR}") {
+        if ( -f "$ENV{ETC_DIR}/bbgallery" ) {
+	    load_config (  \%P, "$ENV{ETC_DIR}/bbgallery" );
+        }
+    } else {
+        if ( -f "$ENV{HOME}/.bbgallery" ) {
+	    load_config (  \%P, "$ENV{HOME}/.bbgallery" );
+        }
 
     # config file in CWD?
     if ( -f ".bbgallery" ) {