diff -up bltk-1.0.9/tools/bltk/parseconf.c.conf_home bltk-1.0.9/tools/bltk/parseconf.c
--- bltk-1.0.9/tools/bltk/parseconf.c.conf_home	2009-07-31 10:11:51.812041537 +0200
+++ bltk-1.0.9/tools/bltk/parseconf.c	2009-07-31 10:14:00.747294693 +0200
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
 
 #include "bltk.h"
 
-#define BLTK_CONF                   "/etc/bltk.conf"
+#define BLTK_CONF                   "bltk.conf"
+#define BLTK_HOME                   ".bltk"
 
 typedef struct para_item_str_t
 {
@@ -221,12 +222,24 @@ void
 param_load_conf()
 {
   char str[STR_LEN];
+  char conf_file[STR_LEN];
   char name[STR_LEN], val[STR_LEN];
   int index, len;
 	FILE *f;
 
-  if ((f = fopen(BLTK_CONF, "rt")) != NULL)
+
+  sprintf(conf_file, "%s/%s/%s", getenv("HOME"), BLTK_HOME, BLTK_CONF);
+  if ((f = fopen(conf_file, "rt")) == NULL)
   {
+    sprintf(conf_file, "/etc/%s", BLTK_CONF);
+    f = fopen(conf_file, "rt");
+  }
+
+  if (f != NULL)
+  {
+    sprintf(str, "BLTK_CONF=%s", conf_file);
+    putenv(strdup(str));
+
     while (fgets(str, STR_LEN, f) != NULL)
     {
       if ((len = strlen(str)) > 0 && str[len-1] == '\n')
@@ -264,7 +277,7 @@ param_load_defaults()
 
   if (bltk_home == NULL)
   {
-    sprintf(str, "%s/.bltk", getenv("HOME"));
+    sprintf(str, "%s/%s", getenv("HOME"), BLTK_HOME);
     bltk_home = strdup(str);
   } else if (bltk_home[0] == '~') {
     sprintf(str, "%s%s", getenv("HOME"), bltk_home+1);