diff -ru fargoal.orig/src/config.c fargoal/src/config.c
--- fargoal.orig/src/config.c	2003-07-31 10:06:51.000000000 -0700
+++ fargoal/src/config.c	2004-01-23 23:42:56.000000000 -0800
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 void
 save_settings (void)
 {
-	set_config_file ("data/settings.cfg");
+	set_config_file ("./settings.cfg");
 	set_config_int ("SOF", "colordepth", colordepth);
 	set_config_int ("SOF", "fullscreen", fullscreen);
 	set_config_int ("SOF", "scheme", scheme);
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 void
 load_settings (void)
 {
-	set_config_file ("data/settings.cfg");
+	set_config_file ("./settings.cfg");
 	colordepth = get_config_int ("SOF", "colordepth", desktop_color_depth ());
 	fullscreen = get_config_int ("SOF", "fullscreen", 0);
 	scheme = get_config_int ("SOF", "scheme", 0);
diff -ru fargoal.orig/src/main.c fargoal/src/main.c
--- fargoal.orig/src/main.c	2003-07-31 10:06:51.000000000 -0700
+++ fargoal/src/main.c	2004-01-23 23:50:26.000000000 -0800
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "main.h"
 #include "game.h"
@@ -334,6 +337,18 @@
 		exit (0);
 	}
 
+	if (!getenv("HOME")) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "Environment variable HOME not set.  Exiting.");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	chdir(getenv("HOME"));
+	 /* Don't check the return here because it may already exist. */
+	mkdir(".fargoal", 0744);
+	if (chdir(".fargoal") != 0) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "Failed to change directories to ~/.fargoal");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	allegro_init ();
 
 	srand ((unsigned) time (NULL));
@@ -442,7 +457,7 @@
 		#endif
 	}
 
-	remove ("data/last.log");
+	remove ("./last.log");
 	save_settings ();
 	
 	run_exit ();
diff -ru fargoal.orig/src/menu.c fargoal/src/menu.c
--- fargoal.orig/src/menu.c	2003-07-31 10:06:51.000000000 -0700
+++ fargoal/src/menu.c	2004-01-23 23:53:48.000000000 -0800
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@
 					
 			message (FPS / 2, NULL, "Quest %i selected!!", menu_selected - 1);
 
-			set_config_file ("data/settings.cfg");
-			sprintf (str, "data/save%i.dat", quest_number);
+			set_config_file ("./settings.cfg");
+			sprintf (str, "./save%i.dat", quest_number);
 			sprintf (entry, "Beginning");
 
 			set_config_string ("SOF", str, entry);
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@
 	if (menu_selected >= 2 && menu_selected <= 10)
 	{
 		char str[100];
-		set_config_file ("data/settings.cfg");
-		sprintf (str, "data/save%i.dat",	menu_selected - 1);
+		set_config_file ("./settings.cfg");
+		sprintf (str, "./save%i.dat",	menu_selected - 1);
 		
 		if (!get_config_string ("SOF", str, NULL))
 		{
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@
 	if (menu_selected >= 2 && menu_selected <= 10)
 	{
 		char str[100];
-		set_config_file ("data/settings.cfg");
-		sprintf (str, "data/save%i.dat", menu_selected - 1);
+		set_config_file ("./settings.cfg");
+		sprintf (str, "./save%i.dat", menu_selected - 1);
 		if (game_delete (menu_selected - 1) ||
 			get_config_string ("SOF", str, NULL))
 		{
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
 	int i;
 	char str[100];
 
-	set_config_file ("data/settings.cfg");
+	set_config_file ("./settings.cfg");
 	
 	if (!notrunning)
 	{
@@ -662,14 +662,14 @@
 			list[1].current_level, list[1].lev,
 			won ? "won" : gameover ? "dead" : swordrun ? "running out of time" : "alive");
 		game_save (quest_number);
-		sprintf (str, "data/save%i.dat", quest_number);
+		sprintf (str, "./save%i.dat", quest_number);
 		set_config_string ("SOF", str, entry);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 9; i++)
 	{
 		char const *entry;
-		sprintf (str, "data/save%i.dat",	i + 1);
+		sprintf (str, "./save%i.dat",	i + 1);
 		entry = get_config_string ("SOF", str, "empty");
 		sprintf (savenames[i], "%i: %s", i + 1, entry);
 		menu_delete_text[2 + i] = savenames[i];
diff -ru fargoal.orig/src/message.c fargoal/src/message.c
--- fargoal.orig/src/message.c	2003-07-31 10:06:51.000000000 -0700
+++ fargoal/src/message.c	2004-01-23 23:51:12.000000000 -0800
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@
 	
 	if (filename)
 	{
-		file_copy (filename, "data/last.log", 0);
-		messagefile = fopen ("data/last.log", "a");
+		file_copy (filename, "./last.log", 0);
+		messagefile = fopen ("./last.log", "a");
 	}
 	else
-		messagefile = fopen ("data/last.log", "w");
+		messagefile = fopen ("./last.log", "w");
 }
 
 /* Copy current messages to given file. */
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@
 	if (messagefile)
 		fclose (messagefile);
 	
-	file_copy ("data/last.log", filename, 1);
+	file_copy ("./last.log", filename, 1);
 	
-	messagefile = fopen ("data/last.log", "a");
+	messagefile = fopen ("./last.log", "a");
 }
 
 static void
diff -ru fargoal.orig/src/save.c fargoal/src/save.c
--- fargoal.orig/src/save.c	2003-07-31 10:06:51.000000000 -0700
+++ fargoal/src/save.c	2004-01-23 23:52:11.000000000 -0800
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 	char name[256];
 	PACKFILE *file;
 
-	sprintf (name, "data/save%i.dat", nr);
+	sprintf (name, "./save%i.dat", nr);
 	file = pack_fopen (name, "wp");
 	
 	if (file)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 		
 		pack_fclose (file);
 		
-		sprintf (name, "data/save%i.html", nr);
+		sprintf (name, "./save%i.html", nr);
 		messages_exit (name);
 		
 		return 1;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 	char name[256];
 	PACKFILE *file;
 
-	sprintf (name, "data/save%i.dat", nr);
+	sprintf (name, "./save%i.dat", nr);
 	file = pack_fopen (name, "rp");
 
 	if (file)
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
 		
 		pack_fclose (file);
 		
-		sprintf (name, "data/save%i.html", nr);
+		sprintf (name, "./save%i.html", nr);
 		messages_init (name);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -368,10 +368,10 @@
 {
 	int ret = 1;
 	char name[256];
-	sprintf (name, "data/save%i.dat", nr);
+	sprintf (name, "./save%i.dat", nr);
 	if (remove (name))
 		ret = 0;
-	sprintf (name, "data/save%i.html", nr);
+	sprintf (name, "./save%i.html", nr);
 	if (remove (name))
 		ret = 0;
 	return ret;