diff --git a/bin/mw b/bin/mw
index c0c6f7a..57fd7b5 100755
--- a/bin/mw
+++ b/bin/mw
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ mbsyncrc="${MBSYNCRC_HOME:-$HOME/.mbsyncrc}"
 mwconfig="$muttshare/mutt-wizard.muttrc"
 cachedir="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/mutt-wizard"
 muttrc="$muttdir/muttrc"
-msmtprc="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/msmtp/config"
+msmtprc="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/msmtp/config"
 ssltype="IMAPS"				# This is later changed to `None` later in the script if using Protonmail
 alias mbsync='mbsync -c "$mbsyncrc"'
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$maxmes" | grep "[1-9]" >/dev/null || maxmes="0"
 	getpass
 	getprofiles
-	mkdir -p "$muttdir" "$accdir" "$cachedir/$title/bodies" "$HOME/.config/msmtp"
+	mkdir -p "$muttdir" "$accdir" "$cachedir/$title/bodies" "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/msmtp"
 	getaccounts
 	for x in $(seq 1 9); do echo "$accounts" | grep "$x" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { export idnum="$x"; break ;}; done
 	[ ! -f "$msmtprc" ] && echo "$msmtp_header" > "$msmtprc"
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ EOF
 		protonmail.ch|protonmail.com|pm.me) protonfinger || return 1 ;;
 	esac
 	echo "$mutt_profile" > "$accdir/$idnum-$title.muttrc"
+	mkdir -p "${mbsyncrc%/*}"
 	echo "$mbsync_profile" >> "$mbsyncrc"
 	notmuchauto
 	[ ! -f "$muttrc" ] && echo "# vim: filetype=neomuttrc" > "$muttrc" && echo "muttrc created."
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ asktype() { while : ; do
 		esac; done ;}
 
 purge() { confirm "delete all account data" || exit
-	rm -rf "$mbsyncrc" "$accdir" "$HOME/.config/msmtp" "$cachedir"
+	rm -rf "$mbsyncrc" "$accdir" "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/msmtp" "$cachedir"
 	echo "All configs and account settings have been purged."
 	sed -ibu "/\# mw-autogenerated/d" "$muttrc" ; rm -f "$muttrc"bu
 }