diff --git a/util/persistentStateDir.go b/util/persistentStateDir.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96a9749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/persistentStateDir.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build !linux
+
+package util
+
+const (
+	persistentStateDir = "./"
+)
diff --git a/util/persistentStateDir_linux.go b/util/persistentStateDir_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f36a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/persistentStateDir_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package util
+
+const (
+	persistentStateDir = "/var/lib/spaceapid/"
+)
diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
index 5f109d8..5d1e8bd 100644
--- a/util/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 
 	"git.hamburg.ccc.de/ccchh/spaceapid/types"
 )
 
 const (
-	savedStateJSONPath = "/var/lib/spaceapid/spaceapid-state.json"
+	persistentStateFile = "spaceapid-state.json"
+	persistentStatePath = persistentStateDir + persistentStateFile
 )
 
 // MergeOldState merges a given SpaceAPIResponse with the state saved at the time of last program exit and then deletes
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ func MergeOldState(response *types.SpaceAPIResponseV14) {
 		persistedState types.PersistentStateV14
 	)
 
-	log.Println("Merging old state from", savedStateJSONPath, "...")
+	log.Println("Merging old state from", persistentStatePath, "...")
 
 	// Check if state.json is present
-	_, err = os.Stat(savedStateJSONPath)
+	_, err = os.Stat(persistentStatePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("Old state json not accessible at", savedStateJSONPath, ", skipping merge... error:", err)
+		log.Println("Old state json not accessible at", persistentStatePath, ", skipping merge... error:", err)
 		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 			return
 		}
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ func MergeOldState(response *types.SpaceAPIResponseV14) {
 	}
 
 	// Read file and load persisted state
-	oldState, err = os.ReadFile(savedStateJSONPath)
+	oldState, err = os.ReadFile(persistentStatePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("Error reading old state from", savedStateJSONPath, ", skipping merge... error:", err)
+		log.Println("Error reading old state from", persistentStatePath, ", skipping merge... error:", err)
 		goto removeOld
 	}
 	err = json.Unmarshal(oldState, &persistedState)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println(savedStateJSONPath, "doesn't seem to contain valid data... error:", err)
+		log.Println(persistentStatePath, "doesn't seem to contain valid data... error:", err)
 		goto removeOld
 	}
 
@@ -66,23 +66,23 @@ func MergeOldState(response *types.SpaceAPIResponseV14) {
 
 	// Delete old state json
 removeOld:
-	err = os.RemoveAll(savedStateJSONPath)
+	err = os.RemoveAll(persistentStatePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("Failed to remove", savedStateJSONPath, ", continuing... error:", err)
+		log.Println("Failed to remove", persistentStatePath, ", continuing... error:", err)
 	}
 }
 
 func SaveCurrentState(response types.SpaceAPIResponseV14) {
 	// Create state directory if not present
-	err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(savedStateJSONPath), 0750)
+	err := os.MkdirAll(persistentStateDir, 0750)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalln("Failed creating", savedStateJSONPath, ", aborting... error:", err)
+		log.Fatalln("Failed creating", persistentStateDir, ", aborting... error:", err)
 	}
 
 	// Open persistent state file
-	file, err := os.OpenFile(savedStateJSONPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(persistentStatePath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalln("Failed opening", savedStateJSONPath, "while trying to save current state... error:", err)
+		log.Fatalln("Failed opening", persistentStatePath, "while trying to save current state... error:", err)
 	}
 	defer file.Close()