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+import pathlib
+import platform
+import os
+
+default_config_dir = pathlib.Path.cwd()
+default_log_dir = pathlib.Path.cwd()
+
+if platform.system() == "Linux":
+    # compliant with XDG
+    if os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"):
+        default_config_dir = pathlib.PurePath(os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"]).joinpath("muddle/")
+
+    elif pathlib.Path("~/.config").expanduser().exists():
+        default_config_dir = pathlib.Path("~/.config/muddle/").expanduser()
+
+    if os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME"):
+        default_log_dir = pathlib.Path(os.environ["XDG_CACHE_HOME"]).joinpath("muddle/")
+
+    elif pathlib.Path("~/.cache").expanduser().exists():
+        default_log_dir = pathlib.Path("~/.cache/muddle/").expanduser()
+
+elif platform.system() == "Windows":
+    if os.environ.get("APPDATA"):
+        default_config_dir = pathlib.Path(os.environ["APPDATA"]).joinpath("muddle/")
+
+    if os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA"):
+        default_log_dir = pathlib.Path(os.environ["LOCALAPPDATA"]).joinpath("muddle")
+
+# TODO: implement for MacOS
+
+default_config_file = default_config_dir.joinpath("muddle.ini")
+default_log_file = default_log_dir.joinpath("muddle.log")
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