diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KFiles.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KFiles.kt
index 3e081bb9..466260b5 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KFiles.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KFiles.kt
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ class KFiles {
 
     companion object {
         internal const val KOBALT_DOT_DIR : String = ".kobalt"
-        const val KOBALT_DIR : String = "kobalt"
-        const val KOBALT_BUILD_DIR = "kobaltBuild"
+        val KOBALT_DIR : String = "kobalt"
+        val HOME_KOBALT_DIR = makeDir(homeDir(".config", KOBALT_DIR))
+        val KOBALT_BUILD_DIR = "kobaltBuild"
 
         /** Where all the .zip files are extracted */
         val distributionsDir = homeDir(KOBALT_DOT_DIR, "wrapper", "dist")