diff --git a/doc/sdcv.1 b/doc/sdcv.1
index 604cfc5..fe6fd96 100644
--- a/doc/sdcv.1
+++ b/doc/sdcv.1
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Use ANSI escape codes for colorizing sdcv output (does not work with json output
 .TP 
 /usr/share/stardict/dic
 .TP
-$(HOME)/.stardict/dic
+$(XDG_DATA_HOME)/stardict/dic
 
 Place where sdcv expects to find dictionaries.
 Instead of /usr/share/stardict/dic you can use any directory
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ you want, just set the STARDICT_DATA_DIR environment variable.
 For example, if you have dictionaries in /mnt/data/stardict-dicts/dic,
 set STARDICT_DATA_DIR to /mnt/data/stardict-dicts.
 .TP
-$(HOME)/.sdcv_history
+$(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history
 
 This file includes the last $(SDCV_HISTSIZE) words, which you sought with sdcv.
 SDCV uses this file only if it was compiled with readline library support.
 .TP
-$(HOME)/.sdcv_ordering
+$(XDG_CONFIG_HOME)/sdcv_ordering
 
 This is a text file containing one dictionary bookname per line.
 It specifies in which order the results of a search should be shown.
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ If set, sdcv uses this variable as the data directory, this means that sdcv
 searches dictionaries in $\fBSTARDICT_DATA_DIR\fR/dic
 .TP 20
 .B SDCV_HISTSIZE
-If set, sdcv writes in $(HOME)/.sdcv_history (or $(SDCV_HISTFILE)) the last $(SDCV_HISTSIZE) words, 
-which you look up using sdcv. If it is not set, then the last 2000 words are saved in $(HOME)/.sdcv_history.
+If set, sdcv writes in $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history (or $(SDCV_HISTFILE)) the last $(SDCV_HISTSIZE) words,
+which you look up using sdcv. If it is not set, then the last 2000 words are saved in $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history.
 .TP 20
 .B SDCV_HISTFILE
-If set, sdcv writes it's history to $(SDCV_HISTFILE). If it is not set, then the default $(HOME)/.sdcv_history path will be used.
+If set, sdcv writes it's history to $(SDCV_HISTFILE). If it is not set, then the default $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history path will be used.
 .TP 20
 .B SDCV_PAGER
 If SDCV_PAGER is set, its value is used as the name of the program
diff --git a/doc/uk/sdcv.1 b/doc/uk/sdcv.1
index aceb0f7..b2a9084 100644
--- a/doc/uk/sdcv.1
+++ b/doc/uk/sdcv.1
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ sdcv проста, міжплатформена текстова утиліта
 .TP 
 /usr/share/stardict/dic 
 .TP
-$(HOME)/.stardict/dic
+$(XDG_DATA_HOME)/stardict/dic
 
 Місце, де sdcv очікує знайти словники.
 Замість шляху /usr/share/stardict/dic Ви можете використовувати все, 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ $(HOME)/.stardict/dic
 Наприклад, якщо Ви маєте словники у теці /mnt/data/stardict-dicts/dic, 
 встановіть STARDICT_DATA_DIR у /mnt/data/stardict-dicts.
 .TP
-$(HOME)/.sdcv_history
+$(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history
 
 Цей файл містить останні $(SDCV_HISTSIZE) слова, які Ви шукали з sdcv.
 SDCV використовує цей файл при умові, якщо sdcv був скомпільований 
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ SDCV використовує цей файл при умові, якщо sdcv 
 що sdcv шукатиме словники у $\fBSTARDICT_DATA_DIR\fR/dic
 .TP 20
 .B SDCV_HISTSIZE
-Якщо встановлена, sdcv писатиме у $(HOME)/.sdcv_history лише 
+Якщо встановлена, sdcv писатиме у $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history лише
 останні $(SDCV_HISTSIZE) слова, які Ви шукали з sdcv. Якщо не встановлена, 
-то збірігатиметься останніх 2000 слів у $(HOME)/.sdcv_history.
+то збірігатиметься останніх 2000 слів у $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history.
 .SH BUGS
 Звіти про помилки висилайте на адресу dushistov на mail крапка ru. 
 Не забувайте включати слово "sdcv" десь у полі "Тема:".
diff --git a/src/readline.cpp b/src/readline.cpp
index f4539b9..2204c17 100644
--- a/src/readline.cpp
+++ b/src/readline.cpp
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ std::string get_hist_file_path()
 
     if (hist_file_str != nullptr)
         return std::string(hist_file_str);
-    else
-        return std::string(g_get_home_dir()) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + ".sdcv_history";
+
+    const std::string hist_file_path = std::string(g_get_home_dir()) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + ".sdcv_history";
+    if (g_file_test(hist_file_path.c_str(), G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR))
+        return hist_file_path;
+    
+    return std::string(g_get_user_data_dir()) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + "sdcv_history";
 }
 
 class real_readline : public IReadLine
diff --git a/src/sdcv.cpp b/src/sdcv.cpp
index 6ffcc1c..16466ad 100644
--- a/src/sdcv.cpp
+++ b/src/sdcv.cpp
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) try {
         data_dir = get_impl(opt_data_dir);
     }
 
-    const char *homedir = g_getenv("HOME");
-    if (!homedir)
-        homedir = g_get_home_dir();
+    std::string conf_dir = std::string(g_get_home_dir()) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + ".stardict";
+    if (!g_file_test(conf_dir.c_str(), G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR))
+        conf_dir = std::string(g_get_user_data_dir()) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + "stardict";
 
     std::list<std::string> dicts_dir_list;
     if (!only_data_dir)
-        dicts_dir_list.push_back(std::string(homedir) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + ".stardict" + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + "dic");
+        dicts_dir_list.push_back(conf_dir + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + "dic");
     dicts_dir_list.push_back(data_dir);
     if (show_list_dicts) {
         list_dicts(dicts_dir_list, json_output);
@@ -186,8 +186,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) try {
             ++p;
         }
     } else {
-        const std::string odering_cfg_file = std::string(homedir) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S ".sdcv_ordering";
-        FILE *ordering_file = fopen(odering_cfg_file.c_str(), "r");
+        std::string ordering_cfg_file = std::string(g_get_user_config_dir()) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "sdcv_ordering";
+        FILE *ordering_file = fopen(ordering_cfg_file.c_str(), "r");
+        if (ordering_file == nullptr) {
+            ordering_cfg_file = std::string(g_get_home_dir()) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S ".sdcv_ordering";
+            ordering_file = fopen(ordering_cfg_file.c_str(), "r");
+        }
         if (ordering_file != nullptr) {
             std::string line;
             while (stdio_getline(ordering_file, line)) {
@@ -197,7 +201,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) try {
         }
     }
 
-    const std::string conf_dir = std::string(g_get_home_dir()) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR + ".stardict";
     if (g_mkdir(conf_dir.c_str(), S_IRWXU) == -1 && errno != EEXIST) {
         fprintf(stderr, _("g_mkdir failed: %s\n"), strerror(errno));
     }
diff --git a/tests/stardict-test_synonyms-2.4.2/test.idx.oft b/tests/stardict-test_synonyms-2.4.2/test.idx.oft
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31dc347
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/stardict-test_synonyms-2.4.2/test.idx.oft differ
diff --git a/tests/t_datadir b/tests/t_datadir
index 0ebe965..2fbf06e 100755
--- a/tests/t_datadir
+++ b/tests/t_datadir
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ unset SDCV_PAGER
 have=`"$PATH_TO_SDCV" --data-dir /tmp/bugagaga -l | wc -l`
 #do not count header
 have=$(($have-1))
-ndicts=`find "${HOME}"/.stardict/dic -name "*.ifo" -print | wc -l`
+ndicts=`find "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/stardict/dic -name "*.ifo" -print | wc -l`
 #ndicts=$(($ndicts+1))
 if [ $have -ne $ndicts ]; then
 	ndicts=$(($ndicts-1))
diff --git a/tests/t_list b/tests/t_list
index 3518731..a8c92c4 100755
--- a/tests/t_list
+++ b/tests/t_list
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PATH_TO_SDCV="$1"
 ndicts=`"$PATH_TO_SDCV" -l | wc -l`
 ndicts=$(($ndicts-1))
 ncom=`find /usr/share/stardict/dic -name "*.ifo" | wc -l`
-nspe=`find "${HOME}"/.stardict/dic -name "*.ifo" | wc -l`
+nspe=`find "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/stardict/dic -name "*.ifo" | wc -l`
 nmy=$(($ncom+$nspe))
 
 if [ $nmy -ne $ndicts ]; then
diff --git a/tests/t_use b/tests/t_use
index d141726..ad6f39b 100755
--- a/tests/t_use
+++ b/tests/t_use
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ set -e
 PATH_TO_SDCV="$1"
 TESTS_DIR="$2"
 
-mkdir -p "${HOME}"/.stardict/dic
-cp -R "${TESTS_DIR}/stardict-test_dict-2.4.2" "${HOME}"/.stardict/dic
+mkdir -p "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/stardict/dic
+cp -R "${TESTS_DIR}/stardict-test_dict-2.4.2" "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/stardict/dic
 unset SDCV_PAGER
 RES=`"$PATH_TO_SDCV" -n -u test_dict test | grep "test passed"`
 
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ if [ -z "$RES" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-rm -fr "${HOME}"/.stardict/dic/stardict-test_dict-2.4.2
+rm -fr "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/stardict/dic/stardict-test_dict-2.4.2
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/tests/t_utf8input b/tests/t_utf8input
index 1ad8360..6111ac0 100755
--- a/tests/t_utf8input
+++ b/tests/t_utf8input
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ set -e
 
 PATH_TO_SDCV="$1"
 TESTS_DIR="$2"
-
-mkdir -p "${HOME}"/.stardict/dic
-cp -R "${TESTS_DIR}/rus-eng-stardict-2.4.2" "${HOME}"/.stardict/dic/
+mkdir -p "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/stardict/dic
+cp -R "${TESTS_DIR}/rus-eng-stardict-2.4.2" "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/stardict/dic/
 
 unset SDCV_PAGER
 export LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R