diff --git a/tests/test_conf.py b/tests/test_conf.py
index b8ab5d9f..f496155c 100644
--- a/tests/test_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 import six
+import os
 from mock import Mock
 from thefuck import const
 
@@ -101,3 +102,22 @@ class TestInitializeSettingsFile(object):
         for setting in const.DEFAULT_SETTINGS.items():
             assert '# {} = {}\n'.format(*setting) in settings_file_contents
         settings_file.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('legacy_dir_exists, xdg_config_home, result', [
+    (False, '~/.config', '~/.config/thefuck'),
+    (False, '/user/test/config/', '/user/test/config/thefuck'),
+    (True, '~/.config', '~/.thefuck'),
+    (True, '/user/test/config/', '~/.thefuck')])
+def test_get_user_dir_path(mocker, environ, settings, legacy_dir_exists,
+                           xdg_config_home, result):
+    mocker.patch('thefuck.conf.Path.is_dir',
+                 return_value=legacy_dir_exists)
+
+    if xdg_config_home is not None:
+        environ['XDG_CONFIG_HOME'] = xdg_config_home
+    else:
+        environ.pop('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', None)
+
+    path = settings._get_user_dir_path().as_posix()
+    assert path == os.path.expanduser(result)
diff --git a/thefuck/conf.py b/thefuck/conf.py
index cdcce2b6..7d25ce3c 100644
--- a/thefuck/conf.py
+++ b/thefuck/conf.py
@@ -40,16 +40,18 @@ class Settings(dict):
                     settings_file.write(u'# {} = {}\n'.format(*setting))
 
     def _get_user_dir_path(self):
-        # for backward compatibility, use `~/.thefuck` if it exists
-        legacy_user_dir = Path('~/.thefuck').expanduser()
+        """Returns Path object representing the user config resource"""
+        xdg_config_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', '~/.config')
+        user_dir = Path(xdg_config_home, 'thefuck').expanduser()
+        legacy_user_dir = Path('~', '.thefuck').expanduser()
 
+        # For backward compatibility use legacy '~/.thefuck' if it exists:
         if legacy_user_dir.is_dir():
-            warn('~/.thefuck is deprecated, please move '
-                 'config to ~/.config/thefuck')
+            warn(u'Config path {} is deprecated. Please move to {}'.format(
+                legacy_user_dir, user_dir))
             return legacy_user_dir
         else:
-            xdg_config_dir = os.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "~/.config")
-            return Path(xdg_config_dir).joinpath('thefuck')
+            return user_dir
 
     def _setup_user_dir(self):
         """Returns user config dir, create it when it doesn't exist."""