diff -urN dctc-0.85.0.org/src/dc_com.c dctc-0.85.0/src/dc_com.c
--- dctc-0.85.0.org/src/dc_com.c	Thu Mar 13 19:03:42 2003
+++ dctc-0.85.0/src/dc_com.c	Thu Mar 13 19:04:16 2003
@@ -206,8 +206,17 @@
 			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 -urN dctc-0.85.0.org/src/main.c dctc-0.85.0/src/main.c
--- dctc-0.85.0.org/src/main.c	Thu Mar 13 19:03:42 2003
+++ dctc-0.85.0/src/main.c	Thu Mar 13 19:06:06 2003
@@ -1675,7 +1675,16 @@
 			free(socket_dir);
 		} else {
 			path=getenv("HOME");
-			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))