diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b52dfe3732..3e40057f2e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -516,6 +516,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 0.15.32 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "directories"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -2319,6 +2328,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "config 0.9.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "conrod_core 0.63.0 (git+https://gitlab.com/veloren/conrod.git)",
  "conrod_winit 0.63.0 (git+https://gitlab.com/veloren/conrod.git)",
+ "directories 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "dot_vox 4.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "euc 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "failure 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2602,6 +2612,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum daggy 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9293a0da7d1bc1f30090ece4d9f9de79a07be7302ddb00e5eb1fefb6ee6409e2"
 "checksum deflate 0.7.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8a6abb26e16e8d419b5c78662aa9f82857c2386a073da266840e474d5055ec86"
 "checksum derivative 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6073e9676dbebdddeabaeb63e3b7cefd23c86f5c41d381ee1237cc77b1079898"
+"checksum directories 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "72d337a64190607d4fcca2cb78982c5dd57f4916e19696b48a575fa746b6cb0f"
 "checksum dirs 1.0.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3fd78930633bd1c6e35c4b42b1df7b0cbc6bc191146e512bb3bedf243fcc3901"
 "checksum dlib 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "77e51249a9d823a4cb79e3eca6dcd756153e8ed0157b6c04775d04bf1b13b76a"
 "checksum dot_vox 4.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "11afd3251e588f2770226659b2a1d55ec2f8aaf2ca42bdcdbd01ff53b4a81e70"
diff --git a/voxygen/Cargo.toml b/voxygen/Cargo.toml
index 449a48fef2..8a7f84fe3d 100644
--- a/voxygen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/voxygen/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ guillotiere = "0.4"
 fnv = "1.0"
 simplelog = "0.5"
 msgbox = "0.1"
+directories = "1.0"
diff --git a/voxygen/src/settings.rs b/voxygen/src/settings.rs
index f8de640949..e911498c76 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/settings.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/settings.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
-use config::{
-    Config,
-    ConfigError,
-};
-use serde_derive::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use config::{Config, ConfigError};
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use glutin::VirtualKeyCode;
+use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::{fs::File, io::prelude::*, path::PathBuf};
 use toml;
-use std::{
-    io::prelude::*,
-    fs::File,
-    path::PathBuf,
-};
 
 /// Settings contains everything that can be configured in the Settings.toml file
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -76,7 +70,7 @@ impl Default for Settings {
             },
             networking: NetworkingSettings {
                 username: "Username".to_string(),
-                servers: vec!("server.veloren.net".to_string()),
+                servers: vec!["server.veloren.net".to_string()],
                 default_server: 0,
             },
             log: Log {
@@ -84,21 +78,39 @@ impl Default for Settings {
             },
         }
     }
-
 }
 
 impl Settings {
     pub fn load() -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
         let mut config = Config::new();
-        config.merge(Config::try_from(&Settings::default())?);
-        config.merge(config::File::with_name("settings"))?;
+
+        config.merge(
+            Config::try_from(&Settings::default())
+                .expect("Default settings struct could not be converted to Config"),
+        );
+
+        let path = Settings::get_settings_path();
+
+        config.merge::<config::File<config::FileSourceFile>>(path.into())?;
+
         config.try_into()
     }
 
     pub fn save_to_file(&self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        let mut config_file = File::create("settings.toml")?;
+        let path = Settings::get_settings_path();
+
+        let mut config_file = File::create(path)?;
         let s: &str = &toml::to_string_pretty(self).unwrap();
         config_file.write_all(s.as_bytes()).unwrap();
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    fn get_settings_path() -> PathBuf {
+        let proj_dirs =
+            ProjectDirs::from("net", "veloren", "voxygen").expect("No home directory defined.");
+        let path = proj_dirs.config_dir();
+        path.join("settings");
+        let path = path.with_extension("toml");
+        path
+    }
 }