diff -Nur dc_gui-0.57.orig/src/callbacks.c dc_gui-0.57.chng/src/callbacks.c
--- dc_gui-0.57.orig/src/callbacks.c	Sat May 25 10:51:21 2002
+++ dc_gui-0.57.chng/src/callbacks.c	Mon Jun  3 10:57:40 2002
@@ -2894,14 +2894,21 @@
 on_clear_recent_list_button_clicked    (GtkButton       *button,
                                         gpointer         user_data)
 {
-	GString *s;
 	char *path;
 
-	s=g_string_new(NULL);
-	path=getenv("HOME");
-	g_string_sprintf(s,"%s/.dctc/recent",(path!=NULL)?path:".");
-	unlink(s->str);
-	g_string_free(s,TRUE);
+	path = getenv("HOME");	
+	if (!path)
+	    path = ".";
+
+	if(getenv("CONFIG_DIR"))
+	    path = g_strconcat(path, "/", getenv("CONFIG_DIR"), 
+		"/dctc/recent", NULL);
+	else
+	    path = g_strconcat(path, "/.dctc/recent", NULL);
+
+	unlink(path);	
+	g_free(path);
+
 	fill_recent_hub_clist();
 }
 
diff -Nur dc_gui-0.57.orig/src/init_fnc.c dc_gui-0.57.chng/src/init_fnc.c
--- dc_gui-0.57.orig/src/init_fnc.c	Sat May 25 11:01:34 2002
+++ dc_gui-0.57.chng/src/init_fnc.c	Mon Jun  3 11:01:10 2002
@@ -341,19 +341,25 @@
 	if(rhcw)
 	{
 		FILE *f;
-		GString *s;
 		char *path;
 
 		gtk_clist_freeze(GTK_CLIST(rhcw));
 		gtk_clist_clear(GTK_CLIST(rhcw));
 		gtk_clist_set_auto_sort(GTK_CLIST(rhcw),TRUE);
 
-		s=g_string_new(NULL);
-		path=getenv("HOME");
-		g_string_sprintf(s,"%s/.dctc/recent",(path!=NULL)?path:".");
+		path = getenv("HOME");
+		if (!path)
+		    path = ".";
+
+	    	if(getenv("CONFIG_DIR"))
+		    path = g_strconcat(path, "/", getenv("CONFIG_DIR"), 
+			"/dctc/recent", NULL);
+		else
+		    path = g_strconcat(path, "/.dctc/recent", NULL);
 
 		/* we read the file ~/.dctc/recent */
-		f=fopen(s->str,"rb");
+		f=fopen(path, "rb");
+		g_free(path);
 		if(f!=NULL)
 		{
 			char *ent[4];
@@ -412,7 +418,6 @@
 
 			fclose(f);
 		}
-		g_string_free(s,TRUE);
 		gtk_clist_sort(GTK_CLIST(rhcw));
 		gtk_clist_thaw(GTK_CLIST(rhcw));
 	}
diff -Nur dc_gui-0.57.orig/src/main.c dc_gui-0.57.chng/src/main.c
--- dc_gui-0.57.orig/src/main.c	Sat May 18 15:11:19 2002
+++ dc_gui-0.57.chng/src/main.c	Mon Jun  3 11:02:54 2002
@@ -265,8 +265,17 @@
 #endif
 
 	path=getenv("HOME");
-	dctc_main_dir=g_string_new(NULL);
-	g_string_sprintf(dctc_main_dir,"%s/.dctc",(path!=NULL)?path:".");
+	if (!path)
+	    path = ".";
+
+	if(getenv("CONFIG_DIR"))
+	    path = g_strconcat(path, "/", getenv("CONFIG_DIR"), 
+		"/dctc", NULL);
+	else
+	    path = g_strconcat(path, "/.dctc", NULL);
+	
+	dctc_main_dir=g_string_new(path);
+	g_free(path);
 	if(access(dctc_main_dir->str,R_OK|W_OK|X_OK))
 	{
 		if(errno==ENOENT)