diff -urN simutrans-0.111.2.2/simsys.cc simutrans-0.111.2.2-patched/simsys.cc
--- simutrans-0.111.2.2/simsys.cc	2012-03-21 09:16:32.000000000 +1100
+++ simutrans-0.111.2.2-patched/simsys.cc	2012-04-17 01:09:25.804006780 +1100
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #elif defined __APPLE__
 	sprintf(buffer, "%s/Library/Simutrans", getenv("HOME"));
 #else
-	sprintf(buffer, "%s/simutrans", getenv("HOME"));
+	sprintf(buffer, "%s/.simutrans", getenv("HOME"));
 #endif
 
 	dr_mkdir(buffer);