diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 397b35e..1a00af3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # v0.2.2 (2024-07-04)
 
+- improve handling of default xdg config dir (unix only)
 - fix typos
 
 # v0.2.1 (2024-07-04)
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 83003a7..389ba39 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ fn fetch_all_results(username: &str, host: &str, token: &str) -> Response {
 fn config_file_path() -> Result<PathBuf, Box<dyn Error>> {
     #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
     let config_os_dir = {
-        let home = std::env::var("HOME")?;
+        // First look for XDG_CONFIG_HOME, then fall back to HOME
+        // https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+        let home = std::env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME").unwrap_or(std::env::var("HOME")?);
         PathBuf::from(home).join(".config")
     };
     #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]