diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b2b9405..271a618 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df51e72c150781d2c7d4cbcb0b803277caaa80476786994a62961a8f1010dafb"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror",
  "toml",
 ]
 
@@ -289,27 +289,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6184e33543162437515c2e2b48714794e37845ec9851711914eec9d308f6ebe8"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "directories"
-version = "6.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "16f5094c54661b38d03bd7e50df373292118db60b585c08a411c6d840017fe7d"
-dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-sys"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e01a3366d27ee9890022452ee61b2b63a67e6f13f58900b651ff5665f0bb1fab"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "option-ext",
- "redox_users",
- "windows-sys 0.61.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dispatch"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -334,7 +313,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap_mangen",
  "config-file",
  "ctrlc",
- "directories",
  "filesize",
  "lscolors",
  "portable-atomic",
@@ -388,17 +366,6 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0399f9d26e5191ce32c498bebd31e7a3ceabc2745f0ac54af3f335126c3f24b3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "335ff9f135e4384c8150d6f27c6daed433577f86b4750418338c01a1a2528592"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "wasi 0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -408,7 +375,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "r-efi",
- "wasi 0.14.7+wasi-0.2.4",
+ "wasi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -486,16 +453,6 @@ version = "0.2.176"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "58f929b4d672ea937a23a1ab494143d968337a5f47e56d0815df1e0890ddf174"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libredox"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "416f7e718bdb06000964960ffa43b4335ad4012ae8b99060261aa4a8088d5ccb"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -582,12 +539,6 @@ version = "1.70.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a4895175b425cb1f87721b59f0f286c2092bd4af812243672510e1ac53e2e0ad"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "option-ext"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -671,17 +622,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redox_users"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4e608c6638b9c18977b00b475ac1f28d14e84b27d8d42f70e0bf1e3dec127ac"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.16",
- "libredox",
- "thiserror 2.0.17",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.11.3"
@@ -850,7 +790,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2d31c77bdf42a745371d260a26ca7163f1e0924b64afa0b688e61b5a9fa02f16"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.3.3",
+ "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.1.2",
  "windows-sys 0.61.1",
@@ -878,16 +818,7 @@ version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6aaf5339b578ea85b50e080feb250a3e8ae8cfcdff9a461c9ec2904bc923f52"
 dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl 1.0.69",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror"
-version = "2.0.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f63587ca0f12b72a0600bcba1d40081f830876000bb46dd2337a3051618f4fc8"
-dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl 2.0.17",
+ "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -901,17 +832,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "2.0.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ff15c8ecd7de3849db632e14d18d2571fa09dfc5ed93479bc4485c7a517c913"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thousands"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -954,12 +874,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasi"
-version = "0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.14.7+wasi-0.2.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3ed4ec5..0024104 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ regex = "1"
 config-file = "0.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-directories = "6"
 sysinfo = "0.27"
 ctrlc = "3.4"
 chrono = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 49b099a..6619331 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ fn convert_min_size(input: &str) -> Option<usize> {
     }
 }
 
-fn get_config_locations(base: &Path) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+fn get_config_locations(base: PathBuf) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     vec![
         base.join(".dust.toml"),
         base.join(".config").join("dust").join("config.toml"),
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ pub fn get_config(conf_path: Option<&String>) -> Config {
             }
         }
         None => {
-            if let Some(home) = directories::BaseDirs::new() {
-                for path in get_config_locations(home.home_dir()) {
+            if let Some(home) = std::env::home_dir() {
+                for path in get_config_locations(home) {
                     if path.exists()
                         && let Ok(config) = Config::from_config_file(&path)
                     {