diff -up konsole-15.08.3/src/History.cpp.history_location_default konsole-15.08.3/src/History.cpp

--- konsole-15.08.3/src/History.cpp.history_location_default	2015-11-12 09:40:48.605906398 -0600

+++ konsole-15.08.3/src/History.cpp	2015-11-12 09:40:48.613906449 -0600

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ HistoryFile::HistoryFile()

     // load changes (currently only 2 choices).

     if (!historyFileLocation.exists()) {

         KConfigGroup configGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "FileLocation");

-        if (configGroup.readEntry("scrollbackUseCacheLocation", false)) {

+        if (configGroup.readEntry("scrollbackUseCacheLocation", true)) {

             *historyFileLocation() = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation);

         } else {

             *historyFileLocation() = QDir::tempPath();

diff -up konsole-15.08.3/src/settings/FileLocationSettings.ui.history_location_default konsole-15.08.3/src/settings/FileLocationSettings.ui

--- konsole-15.08.3/src/settings/FileLocationSettings.ui.history_location_default	2015-11-12 09:40:48.606906404 -0600

+++ konsole-15.08.3/src/settings/FileLocationSettings.ui	2015-11-12 09:40:48.614906456 -0600

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@

          <string>Use system &location</string>

         </property>

         <property name="checked">

-         <bool>true</bool>

+         <bool>false</bool>

         </property>

        </widget>

       </item>

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@

         <property name="text">

          <string>Use user specific location</string>

         </property>

+        <property name="checked">

+         <bool>true</bool>

+        </property>

        </widget>

       </item>

       <item>

diff -up konsole-15.08.3/src/settings/konsole.kcfg.history_location_default konsole-15.08.3/src/settings/konsole.kcfg

--- konsole-15.08.3/src/settings/konsole.kcfg.history_location_default	2015-11-12 09:45:47.820852486 -0600

+++ konsole-15.08.3/src/settings/konsole.kcfg	2015-11-12 09:44:57.376524141 -0600

@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@

   <group name="FileLocation">

     <entry name="scrollbackUseSystemLocation" type="Bool">

       <label>For scrollback files, use system-wide folder location</label>

-      <default>true</default>

+      <default>false</default>

     </entry>

     <entry name="scrollbackUseCacheLocation" type="Bool">

       <label>For scrollback files, use user's specific folder location</label>

-      <default>false</default>

+      <default>true</default>

     </entry>

   </group>

 </kcfg>