diff -Nur dctc-0.82.0.orig/src/dc_com.c dctc-0.82.0.chng/src/dc_com.c
--- dctc-0.82.0.orig/src/dc_com.c	Wed Apr  3 15:26:36 2002
+++ dctc-0.82.0.chng/src/dc_com.c	Mon Jun  3 09:35:10 2002
@@ -203,8 +203,17 @@
 			char *path;
 
 			path=getenv("HOME");
-			running_dir=g_string_new((path!=NULL)?path:".");
-			running_dir=g_string_append(running_dir,"/.dctc/running/");
+			if (!path)
+			    path = ".";
+    
+			if(getenv("CONFIG_DIR"))
+			    path = g_strconcat(path, "/", getenv("CONFIG_DIR"), 
+				"/dctc/running/", NULL);
+			else
+			    path = g_strconcat(path, "/.dctc/running/", NULL);
+
+			running_dir=g_string_new(path);
+			g_free(path);
 		}
 
 		/* fill the running_dctc array with the path to UDP socket of all running dctc */
diff -Nur dctc-0.82.0.orig/src/main.c dctc-0.82.0.chng/src/main.c
--- dctc-0.82.0.orig/src/main.c	Fri May 24 17:59:11 2002
+++ dctc-0.82.0.chng/src/main.c	Mon Jun  3 11:06:13 2002
@@ -1603,8 +1603,17 @@
 		struct stat st;
 
 		path=getenv("HOME");
-		local_dctc_sock_path=g_string_new(NULL);
-		g_string_sprintf(local_dctc_sock_path,"%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);
+		    
+		
+		local_dctc_sock_path=g_string_new(path);
+		g_free(path);
 
 		if(stat(local_dctc_sock_path->str,&st))
 		{