diff --git a/bin/kickoffcfg b/bin/kickoffcfg
index 921af22..75e62e2 100755
--- a/bin/kickoffcfg
+++ b/bin/kickoffcfg
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+if [ `id -u` -eq 0 ]; then
+   CONFDIR=/opt/kde/share/config
+else
+   CONFDIR=~/.kde4/share/config
+fi
+FAVORITES=`/opt/kde/bin/kreadconfig --file $CONFDIR/kickoffrc --group Favorites --key FavoriteURLs 2>/dev/null`
+
 [ "$1" -a "$2" ] || {
    echo "KDE4 kickoff configuration tool"
    echo
    echo "Usage: kickoffcfg {--add-favorite|--del-favorite} /path/to/desktopfile.desktop"
    echo
+   echo "Current favorites:"
+   echo $FAVORITES
    exit 1
 }
 
-FAVORITES=`/opt/kde/bin/kreadconfig --file /opt/kde/share/config/kickoffrc --group Favorites --key FavoriteURLs 2>/dev/null`
-
 if [ "$1" = "--add-favorite" ]; then
    # ADD
    echo "$FAVORITES" | grep $2 >/dev/null || {
@@ -17,15 +24,15 @@ if [ "$1" = "--add-favorite" ]; then
       else
          FAVORITES="$2"
       fi
-      /opt/kde/bin/kwriteconfig --file /opt/kde/share/config/kickoffrc --group Favorites --key FavoriteURLs $FAVORITES
+      /opt/kde/bin/kwriteconfig --file $CONFDIR/kickoffrc --group Favorites --key FavoriteURLs $FAVORITES
    }
 elif [ "$1" = "--del-favorite" ]; then
    # DELETE
    MODFAVORITES=`echo "$FAVORITES" | sed "s|$2||" | sed "s| ,||" | sed "s|,,|,|"`
    if [ ! "$MODFAVORITES" ]; then
-      /opt/kde/bin/kwriteconfig --file /opt/kde/share/config/kickoffrc --group Favorites --key FavoriteURLs ''
+      /opt/kde/bin/kwriteconfig --file $CONFDIR/kickoffrc --group Favorites --key FavoriteURLs ''
    elif [ "$FAVORITES" != "$MODFAVORITES" ]; then
-      /opt/kde/bin/kwriteconfig --file /opt/kde/share/config/kickoffrc --group Favorites --key FavoriteURLs $MODFAVORITES
+      /opt/kde/bin/kwriteconfig --file $CONFDIR/kickoffrc --group Favorites --key FavoriteURLs $MODFAVORITES
    fi
 else
    echo "Invalid option $1; aborting."