diff --git a/src/freedombone-mirrors b/src/freedombone-mirrors
index a0a477ea..705896ca 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-mirrors
+++ b/src/freedombone-mirrors
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
 # Minimum number of characters in a password
 MINIMUM_PASSWORD_LENGTH=$(cat /usr/share/${PROJECT_NAME}/utils/${PROJECT_NAME}-utils-passwords | grep 'MINIMUM_PASSWORD_LENGTH=' | head -n 1 | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
 
-CONFIGURATION_FILE="/root/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg"
+CONFIGURATION_FILE="$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg"
 
 # if this is blank then just use the default repos
 FRIENDS_MIRRORS_SERVER=
diff --git a/src/freedombone-sec b/src/freedombone-sec
index 4debbe9a..f683c84a 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-sec
+++ b/src/freedombone-sec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME='freedombone'
 export TEXTDOMAIN=${PROJECT_NAME}-sec
 export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
 
-CONFIGURATION_FILE=/root/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg
+CONFIGURATION_FILE=$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg
 COMPLETION_FILE=$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}-completed.txt
 
 source /usr/share/${PROJECT_NAME}/utils/${PROJECT_NAME}-utils-validation
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-setup b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
index 49ce2cfa..9ca42a48 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-setup
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ MY_USERNAME=
 SYSTEM_TYPE="full"
 
 # An optional configuration file which overrides some of these variables
-CONFIGURATION_FILE="${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg"
+CONFIGURATION_FILE="$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg"
 
 # Directory where source code is downloaded and compiled
 INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/build