diff --git a/internal/config/paths.go b/internal/config/paths.go
index 283b759..1a50962 100644
--- a/internal/config/paths.go
+++ b/internal/config/paths.go
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func ConfigPath() (string, error) {
+	configHome := os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
+	if configHome != "" {
+		return filepath.Join(configHome, "iris", "config.toml"), nil
+	}
 	dir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -25,7 +29,19 @@ func StatePath() (string, error) {
 	return filepath.Join(dataHome, "iris", "state.toml"), nil
 }
 
+func HistoryDBPath() (string, error) {
+	statePath, err := StatePath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(statePath), "history.db"), nil
+}
+
 func CachePath() (string, error) {
+	cacheHome := os.Getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME")
+	if cacheHome != "" {
+		return filepath.Join(cacheHome, "iris"), nil
+	}
 	dir, err := os.UserCacheDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/internal/scoring/frecency.go b/internal/scoring/frecency.go
index e2cf1a7..b11a83d 100644
--- a/internal/scoring/frecency.go
+++ b/internal/scoring/frecency.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/versenilvis/iris/internal/config"
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
@@ -37,11 +38,11 @@ type FrecencyStore struct {
 
 func NewFrecencyStore(dbPath string) (*FrecencyStore, error) {
 	if dbPath == "" {
-		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+		var err error
+		dbPath, err = config.HistoryDBPath()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		dbPath = filepath.Join(home, ".local", "share", "iris", "history.db")
 	}
 
 	dir := filepath.Dir(dbPath)