diff -ruNp autosort-0.1.3/autogroup.c autosort-0.1.3-patched/autogroup.c
--- autosort-0.1.3/autogroup.c	2007-03-18 13:35:47.000000000 +0100
+++ autosort-0.1.3-patched/autogroup.c	2008-01-17 15:06:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ bool cAutoGroup::Parse(const char *line)
 
   // check for additional config files
   char *buf;
-//  asprintf(&buf, "%s/%s/%s",cPlugin::ConfigDirectory(),"autosort",name );
-  asprintf(&buf, "%s/%s/%s",ConfigDir,"autosort",name );
+  asprintf(&buf, "%s/%s", ConfigDir, name);
 
 
     if (access(buf, R_OK) == 0) {
@@ -404,8 +403,7 @@ void cAutoGroup::ModifyChannelToGroup (i
   if (!Out) { // channel will go into group
     if (saveDelete) {
       FILE *f;
-//      char *fileName = strdup( AddDirectory(cPlugin::ConfigDirectory(), "../channels.deleted"));
-      char *fileName = strdup( AddDirectory(ConfigDir, "../channels.deleted"));
+      char *fileName = strdup(AddDirectory(ConfigDir, "../../channels.deleted"));
       f = fopen(fileName , "a");
       if (!f) {
         LOG_ERROR_STR(fileName);
diff -ruNp autosort-0.1.3/autogroups.c autosort-0.1.3-patched/autogroups.c
--- autosort-0.1.3/autogroups.c	2007-02-07 17:22:24.000000000 +0100
+++ autosort-0.1.3-patched/autogroups.c	2008-01-17 15:01:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ bool cAutoGroups::Load(const char *FileN
     ReIndex();
     return true;
     }
-//  esyslog("Auto Sort: -ERROR- Can't find %s/autosort.conf -EXITING-",cPlugin::ConfigDirectory());
   esyslog("Auto Sort: -ERROR- Can't find %s/autosort.conf -EXITING-",ConfigDir);
   esyslog("       !!! Check your autosort.conf !!!");
   return false;
diff -ruNp autosort-0.1.3/autosort.c autosort-0.1.3-patched/autosort.c
--- autosort-0.1.3/autosort.c	2007-02-07 17:23:13.000000000 +0100
+++ autosort-0.1.3-patched/autosort.c	2008-01-17 14:23:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ static const char *VERSION        = "0.1
 static const char *DESCRIPTION    = "Channel AutoSort";
 static const char *MAINMENUENTRY  = "AutoSort Restart";
 
+char *ConfigDir = NULL;
+
 class cPluginAutoSort : public cPlugin {
 private:
   // Add any member variables or functions you may need here.
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ cPluginAutoSort::cPluginAutoSort(void)
 cPluginAutoSort::~cPluginAutoSort()
 {
   // Clean up after yourself!
+  if (ConfigDir) free(ConfigDir);
 }
 
 const char *cPluginAutoSort::MainMenuEntry(void)
@@ -81,6 +84,8 @@ bool cPluginAutoSort::Initialize(void)
 bool cPluginAutoSort::Start(void)
 {
   // Start any background activities the plugin shall perform.
+  if (!ConfigDir)
+     ConfigDir = strdup(cPlugin::ConfigDirectory("autosort"));
   cAutoSortMainThread::Init();
   return true;
 }
diff -ruNp autosort-0.1.3/autosort_main_thread.c autosort-0.1.3-patched/autosort_main_thread.c
--- autosort-0.1.3/autosort_main_thread.c	2007-03-18 08:28:37.000000000 +0100
+++ autosort-0.1.3-patched/autosort_main_thread.c	2008-01-17 15:02:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ void cAutoSortMainThread::Stop(void) {
 void cAutoSortMainThread::Action(void) 
 {
     OpenGroups.Load();
-//    AutoGroups.Load(AddDirectory(cPlugin::ConfigDirectory(), "autosort.conf"), true, true);
     AutoGroups.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDir, "autosort.conf"), true, true);
     m_Active = true;
     CheckDelimiters();
diff -ruNp autosort-0.1.3/autosort_menu.c autosort-0.1.3-patched/autosort_menu.c
--- autosort-0.1.3/autosort_menu.c	2007-03-18 09:57:10.000000000 +0100
+++ autosort-0.1.3-patched/autosort_menu.c	2008-01-17 14:09:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ int lastDuration = 0;
 int averageDuration = 0;
 int activeChannel = 0;
 
-const char *ConfigDir =  cPlugin::ConfigDirectory();
-
-
 
 cASInfoItem::cASInfoItem(const char *Text)
 {
diff -ruNp autosort-0.1.3/autosort_menu.h autosort-0.1.3-patched/autosort_menu.h
--- autosort-0.1.3/autosort_menu.h	2007-02-07 17:11:00.000000000 +0100
+++ autosort-0.1.3-patched/autosort_menu.h	2008-01-17 14:07:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern int lastDuration;
 extern int averageDuration;
 extern int activeChannel;
 
-extern const char *ConfigDir;
+extern char *ConfigDir;
 
 
 /*
diff -ruNp autosort-0.1.3/opengroups.c autosort-0.1.3-patched/opengroups.c
--- autosort-0.1.3/opengroups.c	2007-02-07 17:27:52.000000000 +0100
+++ autosort-0.1.3-patched/opengroups.c	2008-01-17 15:03:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ bool cOpenGroups::Load(void)
 {
   char *buf;
   char *option;
-//  asprintf(&buf, "%s/%s/%s",cPlugin::ConfigDirectory(),"autosort","opengroups.conf" );
-  asprintf(&buf, "%s/%s/%s",ConfigDir,"autosort","opengroups.conf" );
+  asprintf(&buf, "%s/opengroups.conf", ConfigDir);
     if (access(buf, R_OK) == 0) {
       dsyslog ("loading %s", buf);
       FILE *f = fopen(buf, "r");