diff --git a/airnef.pyw b/airnef.pyw
index 45e57b5..572914f 100644
--- a/airnef.pyw
+++ b/airnef.pyw
@@ -1216,19 +1216,7 @@ def establishAppEnvironment():
 	# and configuration files. For Win32 if we're frozen this
 	# goes in the dedicated OS area for application data files
 	#
-	g.appDataDir = None
-	if g.isFrozen and g.isWin32:
-		if os.getenv('LOCALAPPDATA'):
-			g.appDataDir = os.path.join(os.getenv('LOCALAPPDATA'), "airnef\\appdata") # typically C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\airnef\appdata
-	elif g.isOSX: # for OSX we always try to store our app data under Application Support
-		userHomeDir = os.getenv('HOME')
-		if userHomeDir:
-			applicationSupportDir = os.path.join(userHomeDir, 'Library/Application Support')
-			if os.path.exists(applicationSupportDir): # probably not necessary to check existence since every system should have this directory
-				g.appDataDir = os.path.join(applicationSupportDir, 'airnef/appdata')
-	if not g.appDataDir:
-		# none of runtime-specific cases above selected an app data directory - use directory based off our app directory
-		g.appDataDir = os.path.join(g.appDir, "appdata")
+	g.appDataDir = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), '.local', 'airnef')
 	# create our app-specific subdirectories if necessary	
 	if not os.path.exists(g.appDataDir):
 		os.makedirs(g.appDataDir)
diff --git a/airnefcmd.py b/airnefcmd.py
index 1139ae4..8f38257 100644
--- a/airnefcmd.py
+++ b/airnefcmd.py
@@ -444,19 +444,8 @@ def establishAppEnvironment():
 	# and configuration files. For Win32 if we're frozen this
 	# goes in the dedicated OS area for application data files
 	#
-	g.appDataDir = None
-	if g.isFrozen and g.isWin32:
-		if os.getenv('LOCALAPPDATA'):
-			g.appDataDir = os.path.join(os.getenv('LOCALAPPDATA'), "airnef\\appdata") # typically C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\airnef\appdata
-	elif g.isOSX: # for OSX we always try to store our app data under Application Support
-		userHomeDir = os.getenv('HOME')
-		if userHomeDir:
-			applicationSupportDir = os.path.join(userHomeDir, 'Library/Application Support')
-			if os.path.exists(applicationSupportDir): # probably not necessary to check existence since every system should have this directory
-				g.appDataDir = os.path.join(applicationSupportDir, 'airnef/appdata')
-	if not g.appDataDir:
-		# none of runtime-specific cases above selected an app data directory - use directory based off our app directory
-		g.appDataDir = os.path.join(g.appDir, "appdata")
+	g.appDataDir = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), '.local', 'airnef')
+
 	# create our app-specific subdirectories if necessary
 	if not os.path.exists(g.appDataDir):
 		os.makedirs(g.appDataDir)