1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/Internal/Marking.hs b/src/Internal/Marking.hs
index 606b55e..f9083d2 100644
--- a/src/Internal/Marking.hs
+++ b/src/Internal/Marking.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Data.Map (Map)
 import System.FilePath
 import System.IO
 import Control.Exception
+import System.Environment
 
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
 
@@ -26,16 +27,18 @@ data MarkContext = MarkContext (IORef MarkState)
 
 readMarkState :: IO MarkState
 readMarkState = do
-  dir <- getXMonadDir
-  let markstate = dir </> "markstate"
+  -- TODO(rahm) The mark state should use the extensible state constructs in the
+  -- XState rather than relying on IO.
+  dir <- getEnv "HOME"
+  let markstate = dir </> ".xmonad" </> "markstate"
   catch
     (read <$> (hGetContents =<< openFile markstate ReadMode))
     (\(e :: IOError) -> return (MarkState mempty Nothing))
 
 saveMarkState :: MarkState -> X ()
 saveMarkState ms = do
-  dir <- getXMonadDir
-  let markstate = dir </> "markstate"
+  dir <- io $ getEnv "HOME"
+  let markstate = dir </> ".xmonad" </> "markstate"
   liftIO $ writeFile markstate (show ms)