diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8dc24a1..f2cb356 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -541,6 +541,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "directories"
+version = "5.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a49173b84e034382284f27f1af4dcbbd231ffa358c0fe316541a7337f376a35"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys 0.4.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -558,7 +567,7 @@ version = "4.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca3aa72a6f96ea37bbc5aa912f6788242832f75369bdfdadcb0e38423f100059"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
+ "dirs-sys 0.3.7",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -572,6 +581,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users 0.4.6",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -1194,6 +1215,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono-english",
  "colog",
  "colored",
+ "directories",
  "env_logger",
  "interim",
  "itertools",
@@ -1204,7 +1226,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "rustyline",
  "tokio",
- "xdg",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1405,6 +1426,12 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parse_datetime"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -2661,12 +2688,6 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "xdg"
-version = "2.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "213b7324336b53d2414b2db8537e56544d981803139155afa84f76eeebb7a546"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
 version = "0.7.35"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7a67402..4493b3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ default-run = "mostr"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-xdg = "2.5"
+directories = "5.0"
 itertools = "0.12"
 log = "0.4"
 chrono = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 16e3f98..eddd529 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use chrono::Local;
 use colored::Colorize;
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use env_logger::{Builder, Target, WriteStyle};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn, LevelFilter};
@@ -167,14 +168,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     );
     builder.init();
 
-    let config_dir = or_warn!(xdg::BaseDirectories::new(), "Could not determine config directory")
-        .and_then(|d| or_warn!(d.create_config_directory("mostr"), "Could not create config directory"))
-        .unwrap_or(PathBuf::new());
+    let config_dir =
+        ProjectDirs::from("", "", "mostr")
+            .map(|p| p.config_dir().to_path_buf())
+            .unwrap_or(PathBuf::new());
     let keysfile = config_dir.join("key");
     let relayfile = config_dir.join("relays");
 
-    let keys = if let Ok(Ok(key)) = fs::read_to_string(&keysfile).map(|s| Keys::from_str(&s)) {
-        key
+    let keys = if let Ok(Ok(keys)) = fs::read_to_string(&keysfile).map(|s| Keys::from_str(&s)) {
+        keys
     } else {
         warn!("Could not read keys from {}", keysfile.to_string_lossy());
         let line = rl.readline("Secret key? (leave blank to generate and save a new keypair) ")?;