diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b8a55246..0bcefb81 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1016,6 +1016,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-next"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf36e65a80337bea855cd4ef9b8401ffce06a7baedf2e85ec467b1ac3f6e82b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "dirs-sys-next",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -1028,6 +1038,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys-next"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ebda144c4fe02d1f7ea1a7d9641b6fc6b580adcfa024ae48797ecdeb6825b4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dispatch"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -3320,6 +3341,15 @@ version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231b230927b5e4ad203db57bbcbee2802f6bce620b1e4a9024a07d94e2907ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "platform-dirs"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e188d043c1a692985f78b5464853a263f1a27e5bd6322bad3a4078ee3c998a38"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-next",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "png"
 version = "0.17.13"
@@ -3533,6 +3563,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "open",
  "parking_lot",
+ "platform-dirs",
  "psst-core",
  "rand",
  "raw-window-handle",
diff --git a/psst-gui/Cargo.toml b/psst-gui/Cargo.toml
index 86b6f537..7221b642 100644
--- a/psst-gui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/psst-gui/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ log = { version = "0.4.22" }
 lru = { version = "0.12.5" }
 once_cell = { version = "1.20.2" }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.3" }
+platform-dirs = { version = "0.3.0" }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5" }
 regex = { version = "1.11.0" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.210", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
diff --git a/psst-gui/src/data/config.rs b/psst-gui/src/data/config.rs
index fe8f8e37..bc6b6b4a 100644
--- a/psst-gui/src/data/config.rs
+++ b/psst-gui/src/data/config.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use std::{
 #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
 use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
 
-use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use druid::{Data, Lens, Size};
+use platform_dirs::AppDirs;
 use psst_core::{
     cache::mkdir_if_not_exists,
     connection::Credentials,
@@ -125,23 +125,25 @@ impl Default for Config {
 }
 
 impl Config {
-    fn project_dirs() -> Option<ProjectDirs> {
-        ProjectDirs::from("", "", APP_NAME)
+    fn app_dirs() -> Option<AppDirs> {
+        const USE_XDG_ON_MACOS: bool = false;
+
+        AppDirs::new(Some(APP_NAME), USE_XDG_ON_MACOS)
     }
 
     pub fn spotify_local_files_file(username: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
-        ProjectDirs::from("", "", "spotify").map(|dirs| {
+        AppDirs::new(Some("spotify"), false).map(|dir| {
             let path = format!("Users/{}-user/local-files.bnk", username);
-            dirs.config_dir().join(path)
+            dir.config_dir.join(path)
         })
     }
 
     pub fn cache_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
-        Self::project_dirs().map(|dirs| dirs.cache_dir().to_path_buf())
+        Self::app_dirs().map(|dirs| dirs.cache_dir)
     }
 
     pub fn config_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
-        Self::project_dirs().map(|dirs| dirs.config_dir().to_path_buf())
+        Self::app_dirs().map(|dirs| dirs.config_dir)
     }
 
     fn config_path() -> Option<PathBuf> {