diff --git a/toonz/sources/common/tapptools/tenv.cpp b/toonz/sources/common/tapptools/tenv.cpp
index 4ed2654..62dc75d 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/common/tapptools/tenv.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/common/tapptools/tenv.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 #include "tconvert.h"
 #include "tfilepath_io.h"
 
+#ifdef LINUX
+#include <QDir>
+#endif
 #include <QSettings>
 
 #ifdef LEVO_MACOSX
@@ -72,9 +75,20 @@ public:
 #ifdef _WIN32
 		return m_registryRoot + varName;
 #else
-		QString settingsPath = QString::fromStdString(getApplicationName()) + QString("_") +
-							   QString::fromStdString(getApplicationVersion()) + QString(".app") +
-							   QString("/Contents/Resources/SystemVar.ini");
+		QString settingsPath;
+
+#ifdef MACOSX
+		settingsPath = QString::fromStdString(getApplicationName()) + QString("_") +
+		               QString::fromStdString(getApplicationVersion()) + QString(".app") +
+		               QString("/Contents/Resources/SystemVar.ini");
+#else  /* Generic Unix */
+		// TODO: use QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation when we drop Qt4
+		settingsPath = QDir::homePath();
+		settingsPath.append("/.config/");
+		settingsPath.append(getApplicationName().c_str());
+		settingsPath.append("/SystemVar.ini");
+#endif
+
 		QSettings settings(settingsPath, QSettings::IniFormat);
 		QString qStr = QString::fromStdString(varName);
 		QString systemVar = settings.value(qStr).toString();
@@ -303,7 +317,7 @@ public:
 
 void VariableSet::load()
 {
-#ifdef MACOSX
+#ifndef WIN32
 	EnvGlobals::instance()->updateEnvFile();
 #endif
 	TFilePath fp = EnvGlobals::instance()->getEnvFile();