diff --git a/qutebrowser/app.py b/qutebrowser/app.py
index 85fc9a6c6..c4dc5d31d 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/app.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/app.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class QuteBrowser(QApplication):
 
         self.dirs = AppDirs('qutebrowser')
         if self.args.confdir is None:
-            confdir = self.dirs.user_data_dir
+            confdir = self.dirs.user_config_dir
         elif self.args.confdir == '':
             confdir = None
         else: