diff --git a/src/common/configpaths.py b/src/common/configpaths.py
index 2fcf50647f765bb91f808b8f5bcfd9ba787f35f3..f7e09a6863a2693c5b6edf0a4c1954f349f71488 100644
--- a/src/common/configpaths.py
+++ b/src/common/configpaths.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ConfigPaths:
 					self.root = os.path.join(fse(os.environ[u'appdata']), u'Gajim')
 				except KeyError:
 					# win9x, in cwd
-					self.root = u''
+					self.root = u'.'
 			else: # Unices
 				# Pass in an Unicode string, and hopefully get one back.
 				self.root = os.path.expanduser(u'~/.gajim')