diff -ru planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-msp-plugin.c planner-0.14.5/src/planner-msp-plugin.c
--- planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-msp-plugin.c	2009-09-24 11:12:52.000000000 +0100
+++ planner-0.14.5/src/planner-msp-plugin.c	2009-09-24 11:19:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 
 	dir = planner_conf_get_string (CONF_MSP_PLUGIN_LAST_DIR, NULL);
 	if (dir == NULL) {
-		dir = g_strdup (g_get_home_dir ());
+		dir = g_strdup (g_get_user_special_dir (G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS));
 	}
 
 	return dir;
diff -ru planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-print-dialog.c planner-0.14.5/src/planner-print-dialog.c
--- planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-print-dialog.c	2009-09-24 11:12:52.000000000 +0100
+++ planner-0.14.5/src/planner-print-dialog.c	2009-09-24 11:13:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 {
 	char *dir;
 
-	dir = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (), ".gnome2", NULL);
+	dir = g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir (), NULL);
 
 	if (!g_file_test (dir, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS | G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
 		if (g_mkdir (dir, 0755) != 0) {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 	g_free (dir);
 
-	dir = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (), ".gnome2", "planner", NULL);
+	dir = g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir (), "planner", NULL);
 
 	if (!g_file_test (dir, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS | G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
 		if (g_mkdir (dir, 0755) != 0) {
@@ -75,6 +75,19 @@
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	return g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir (),
+				 "planner",
+				 PLANNER_PRINT_CONFIG_FILE,
+				 NULL);
+}
+
+static gchar *
+get_old_config_filename (void)
+{
+	if (!ensure_dir ()) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	return g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (),
 				 ".gnome2", "planner",
 				 PLANNER_PRINT_CONFIG_FILE,
@@ -171,8 +184,21 @@
 						     filename,
 						     G_KEY_FILE_KEEP_COMMENTS|G_KEY_FILE_KEEP_TRANSLATIONS,
 						     NULL);
+
 		g_free (filename);
 
+		/*try the older config dir if the new one didn't exist*/
+		if (!success) {
+			filename = get_old_config_filename ();
+			if(filename) {
+				success = g_key_file_load_from_file (key_file,
+						     filename,
+						     G_KEY_FILE_KEEP_COMMENTS|G_KEY_FILE_KEEP_TRANSLATIONS,
+						     NULL);
+				g_free (filename);
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (success) {
 			settings = gtk_print_settings_new_from_key_file (key_file, NULL, NULL);
 		}
diff -ru planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-python-plugin.c planner-0.14.5/src/planner-python-plugin.c
--- planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-python-plugin.c	2009-09-24 11:12:52.000000000 +0100
+++ planner-0.14.5/src/planner-python-plugin.c	2009-09-24 11:31:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -125,26 +125,15 @@
 	}
 }
 
-G_MODULE_EXPORT void
-plugin_init (PlannerPlugin *plugin)
+static void
+plugin_execute_scripts(PlannerPlugin *plugin, const gchar *dirname)
 {
-	PlannerPluginPriv *priv;
 	GDir              *dir;
-	gchar             *dirname, *full_filename;
+	gchar             *full_filename;
 	const gchar       *filename;
 
-	priv = g_new0 (PlannerPluginPriv, 1);
-	plugin->priv = priv;
-
-	priv->scripts = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
-
-	Py_Initialize ();
-
-	/* Look in ~/.gnome2/planner/python/  and run the scripts that we find */
-	dirname = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir(), ".gnome2", "planner", "python", NULL);
 	dir = g_dir_open (dirname, 0, NULL);
 	if (dir == NULL) {
-		g_free (dirname);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -152,7 +141,7 @@
 	while (filename != NULL) {
 		if (g_str_has_suffix (filename, ".py")) {
 			full_filename = g_build_filename (dirname, filename, NULL);
-			python_plugin_execute (full_filename, plugin->main_window, priv->scripts);
+			python_plugin_execute (full_filename, plugin->main_window, plugin->priv->scripts);
 			g_free (full_filename);
 		}
 
@@ -164,6 +153,33 @@
 }
 
 G_MODULE_EXPORT void
+plugin_init (PlannerPlugin *plugin)
+{
+	PlannerPluginPriv *priv;
+	GDir              *dir;
+	gchar             *dirname;
+	const gchar       *filename;
+
+	priv = g_new0 (PlannerPluginPriv, 1);
+	plugin->priv = priv;
+
+	priv->scripts = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
+
+	Py_Initialize ();
+
+	/* Look in $XDG_DATA_HOME/planner/python/  and run the scripts that we find */
+	dirname = g_build_filename (g_get_user_data_dir(), "planner", "python", NULL);
+	plugin_execute_scripts(plugin, dirname);
+	g_free (dirname);
+
+
+	/* Look in ~/.gnome2/planner/python/  and run the scripts that we find */
+	dirname = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir(), ".gnome2", "planner", "python", NULL);
+	plugin_execute_scripts(plugin, dirname);
+	g_free (dirname);
+}
+
+G_MODULE_EXPORT void
 plugin_exit (PlannerPlugin *plugin)
 {
 	PlannerPluginPriv *priv;
diff -ru planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-window.c planner-0.14.5/src/planner-window.c
--- planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-window.c	2009-09-24 11:12:52.000000000 +0100
+++ planner-0.14.5/src/planner-window.c	2009-09-24 11:18:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@
 	last_dir = planner_conf_get_string (CONF_LAST_DIR, NULL);
 
 	if (last_dir == NULL) {
-		last_dir = g_strdup (g_get_home_dir ());
+		last_dir = g_strdup (g_get_user_special_dir (G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS));
 	}
 
 	return last_dir;
diff -ru planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-xml-planner-plugin.c planner-0.14.5/src/planner-xml-planner-plugin.c
--- planner-0.14.5.orig/src/planner-xml-planner-plugin.c	2009-09-24 11:12:52.000000000 +0100
+++ planner-0.14.5/src/planner-xml-planner-plugin.c	2009-09-24 11:19:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 	last_dir = planner_conf_get_string (CONF_MAIN_LAST_XML_EXPORT_DIR, NULL);
 	if (last_dir == NULL) {
-		last_dir = g_strdup (g_get_home_dir ());
+		last_dir = g_strdup (g_get_user_special_dir (G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS));
 	}
 
 	return last_dir;