diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d77958c..a6f89c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-/target/
-/localDB/
-/log/
-/themes.ser
\ No newline at end of file
+/target/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/Config.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/Config.java
index b1388ae..b479de8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/Config.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class Config {
 		items.put("port", new ConfigItem<>("port", "p", (input) -> Integer.parseInt(input), null));
 		items.put("localDB", new ConfigItem<>("localDB", "db", (input) -> new File(input), new File("localDB")));
 		items.put("syncTimeout", new ConfigItem<>("syncTimeout", "st", (input) -> Integer.parseInt(input), 1000));
-		items.put("homeDirectory", new ConfigItem<>("homeDirectory", "h", (input) -> new File(input), new File(System.getProperty("user.home"))));
+		items.put("homeDirectory", new ConfigItem<>("homeDirectory", "h", (input) -> new File(input), new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".envoy")));
 		items.put("fileLevelBarrier", new ConfigItem<>("fileLevelBarrier", "fb", (input) -> Level.parse(input), Level.CONFIG));
 		items.put("consoleLevelBarrier", new ConfigItem<>("consoleLevelBarrier", "cb", (input) -> Level.parse(input), Level.FINEST));
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/Settings.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/Settings.java
index d7e01de..6502049 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/Settings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/Settings.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class Settings {
 	/**
 	 * User-defined themes are stored inside this file.
 	 */
-	private File themeFile = new File("themes.ser");
+	private File themeFile = new File(Config.getInstance().getHomeDirectory(), "themes.ser");
 
 	/**
 	 * Singleton instance of this class.
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/Startup.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/Startup.java
index f1d75bb..11db9f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/Startup.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/Startup.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package envoy.client.ui;
 
 import java.awt.EventQueue;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -8,10 +9,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.swing.JFrame;
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
-import envoy.client.Client;
-import envoy.client.Config;
-import envoy.client.LocalDB;
-import envoy.client.Settings;
+import envoy.client.*;
 import envoy.client.util.EnvoyLog;
 import envoy.exception.EnvoyException;
 import envoy.schema.User;
@@ -62,8 +60,8 @@ public class Startup {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
 		
-		EnvoyLog.setFileLevelBarrier(Config.getInstance().getFileLevelBarrier());
-		EnvoyLog.setConsoleLevelBarrier(Config.getInstance().getConsoleLevelBarrier());
+		EnvoyLog.setFileLevelBarrier(config.getFileLevelBarrier());
+		EnvoyLog.setConsoleLevelBarrier(config.getConsoleLevelBarrier());
 
 		// Ask the user for their user name
 		String userName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter your username");
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ public class Startup {
 		// Initialize the local database
 		LocalDB localDB;
 		try {
-			localDB = new LocalDB(config.getLocalDB());
+			localDB = new LocalDB(new File(config.getHomeDirectory(), config.getLocalDB().getPath()));
 		} catch (IOException e3) {
 			logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not initialize local database", e3);
 			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Could not initialize local database!\n" + e3.toString());
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/util/EnvoyLog.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/util/EnvoyLog.java
index f844aae..1e93b4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/util/EnvoyLog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/util/EnvoyLog.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class EnvoyLog {
 		// Get a logger with the specified name
 		Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(name);
 
-		final String logPath = "log/envoy_user.log";
+		final String logPath = new File(Config.getInstance().getHomeDirectory(), "log/envoy_user.log").getAbsolutePath();
 		new File(logPath).getParentFile().mkdirs();
 
 		SimpleFormatter formatter = new SimpleFormatter();