diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f03d5b5..d0cc011 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -454,10 +454,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "dirs"
-version = "4.0.0"
+name = "directories"
+version = "4.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca3aa72a6f96ea37bbc5aa912f6788242832f75369bdfdadcb0e38423f100059"
+checksum = "f51c5d4ddabd36886dd3e1438cb358cdcb0d7c499cb99cb4ac2e38e18b5cb210"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ name = "matrix-example-bot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "dirs",
+ "directories",
  "matrix-sdk",
  "tokio",
  "tracing-subscriber",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a0b739..8acbcc2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license-file = "LICENSE.md"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.58"
-dirs = "4.0.0"
+directories = "4.0.1"
 matrix-sdk = "0.5.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.20.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.15"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 49c3315..908f0a8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ async fn login_and_sync(
     let mut client_builder = Client::builder().homeserver_url(homeserver_url);
 
     // The location to save files to
-    let mut home = dirs::home_dir().expect("no home directory found");
-    home.push("party_bot");
-    let state_store = StateStore::open_with_path(home)?;
+    let proj_dirs = directories::ProjectDirs::from("de", "Entropia",  "Matrix Rust Example Bot").unwrap();
+    let state_store = StateStore::open_with_path(proj_dirs.data_dir())?;
     client_builder = client_builder.state_store(Box::new(state_store));
 
     let client = client_builder.build().await.unwrap();