diff --git a/threadwatcher b/threadwatcher
index 4a9e8c3..61afd13 100755
--- a/threadwatcher
+++ b/threadwatcher
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #(and adds post no. to distinguish possible duplicate file names)
 #consider using it in a cronjob intermittently with something like
 #*/10 * * * * /home/<username>/.local/bin/threadwatcher scan
-THREADWATCHER_DIR=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/4chan_watcher
+THREADWATCHER_DIR=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/threadwatcher
 URLFILE="$THREADWATCHER_DIR/threads"
 TMP_URLFILE=/tmp/4chan_thread_watcher_tmp$$