diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 814d88485..88e48bbb8 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ Download the provided installation packages for your preferred operating system.
 
 ### Windows
 
- Download and the .exe installer from our latest release [here](https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/releases). Uncheck the "Launch Cloudfuse" upon finishing the installation. Run the GUI separately as admin after the install completes.
+Download and the .exe installer from our latest release [here](https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/releases). Uncheck the "Launch Cloudfuse" upon finishing the installation. Run the GUI separately as admin after the install completes.
 
+Cloudfuse will store the config file in `	C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming`.
 
 ### From Tar or Zip files
 In the release tab on GitHub, you can download a tar folder for Linux on x86 and a zip folder for Windows on x86 which bundles
diff --git a/build/windows_installer_build.iss b/build/windows_installer_build.iss
index d8f678b29..6759c394a 100644
--- a/build/windows_installer_build.iss
+++ b/build/windows_installer_build.iss
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ Source: "..\sampleStreamingConfigS3.yaml"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversio
 Source: ".\winfsp-2.0.23075.msi"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
 ; NOTE: Don't use "Flags: ignoreversion" on any shared system files
 
+[Dirs]
+; Create directory in AppData/Roaming
+Name: "{userappdata}\{#MyAppName}"; Flags: uninsalwaysuninstall
+
 [Icons]
 Name: "{autoprograms}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"
 Name: "{autodesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Tasks: desktopicon
diff --git a/gui/common_qt_functions.py b/gui/common_qt_functions.py
index b78a6ebd6..fa331217f 100644
--- a/gui/common_qt_functions.py
+++ b/gui/common_qt_functions.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def updateSettingsFromUIChoices(self):
     def getCurrentDir(self):
         defaultFuseDir = 'Cloudfuse'
         if platform == "win32":
-            userDir = os.getenv('LOCALAPPDATA')
+            userDir = os.getenv('APPDATA')
             currentDir = os.path.join(userDir, defaultFuseDir)
         else:
             currentDir = os.getcwd()