diff --git a/autojump.bash b/autojump.bash
index 88ded036..decfb614 100644
--- a/autojump.bash
+++ b/autojump.bash
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ _autojump()
         done  < <(autojump --bash --completion $cur)
 }
 complete -F _autojump j
-data_dir=${XDG_DATA_DIR:-$([ -e ~/.config ] && echo ~/.config || echo ~)}
+data_dir=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$([ -e ~/.local/share ] && echo ~/.local/share || echo ~)}
 if [ "$data_dir" = "~" ]
 then
     export AUTOJUMP_DATA_DIR=${data_dir}
diff --git a/autojump.zsh b/autojump.zsh
index 59b6c078..5fef87e9 100755
--- a/autojump.zsh
+++ b/autojump.zsh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #along with autojump.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-data_dir=${XDG_DATA_DIR:-$([ -e ~/.config ] && echo ~/.config || echo ~)}
+data_dir=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$([ -e ~/.local/share ] && echo ~/.local/share || echo ~)}
 if [ "$data_dir" = "~" ]
 then
     export AUTOJUMP_DATA_DIR=${data_dir}