diff --git a/conf/wikicurses.conf.dist b/conf/wikicurses.conf.dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2d5c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/wikicurses.conf.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+###
+# Wikicurses configuration 
+# This file will automatically be copied to the user configuration path on first run 
+# User configuration stored in ~/.config/wikicurses/config (i.e. $HOME/.config/wikicurses/config) 
+
+[general]
+default = Wikipedia_EN
+mouse = False
+hide_references = False
+
+[keymap]
+q = quit
+c = contents
+o = open
+h = back
+l = forward
+left = back
+right = forward
+
+[Wikipedia_EN]
+url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
+
+[Wiktionary_EN]
+url = https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php
+
+# Additional Languages
+# [Wikipedia_DE]
+# url = https://de.wikipdia.org/w/api.php
diff --git a/wikicurses.1 b/docs/wikicurses.1
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rename from wikicurses.1
rename to docs/wikicurses.1
diff --git a/wikicurses.conf.5 b/docs/wikicurses.conf.5
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rename from wikicurses.conf.5
rename to docs/wikicurses.conf.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5a485a9..2aab5af 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,21 +1,42 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+ #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
+import os.path
+import sys
+import warnings 
+
+# Changed paths to remove absolutes
+
+files_spec = [
+        ('share/wikicurses', ['conf/wikicurses.conf.dist']),
+        ('share/zsh/site-functions', ['zsh/_wikicurses']),
+	('share/man/man1', ['docs/wikicurses.1']),
+        ('share/man/man5', ['docs/wikicurses.conf.5'])
+    ]
+
+# Loop through and make the install relative to where we are now 
+# Concept from github:ytdl-org/youtube-dl/setup.py
+root = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+data_files = []
+for dirname, files in files_spec:
+    resfiles = []
+    for fn in files:
+        if not os.path.exists(fn):
+            warnings.warn('Skipping file %s since it is not present. Type  make  to build all automatically generated files.' % fn)
+        else:
+            resfiles.append(fn)
+    data_files.append((dirname, resfiles))
+
 setup(name='Wikicurses',
-      version='1.4',
+      version='1.4.1',
       description='A simple curses interface for accessing Wikipedia.',
       author='Ian D. Scott',
       author_email='ian@perebruin.com',
       license = "MIT",
       url='http://github.com/ids1024/wikicurses/',
       packages = ['wikicurses'],
-      data_files=[
-          ('/etc', ['wikicurses.conf']),
-          ('/usr/share/man/man1', ['wikicurses.1']),
-          ('/usr/share/man/man5', ['wikicurses.conf.5']),
-          ('/usr/share/zsh/site-functions', ['_wikicurses'])
-          ],
+      data_files=data_files,
       entry_points={'console_scripts': ['wikicurses = wikicurses.main:main']},
       install_requires = ['beautifulsoup4', 'lxml', 'urwid'],
       classifiers=[
diff --git a/wikicurses.conf b/wikicurses.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c6c432..0000000
--- a/wikicurses.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[general]
-default = Wikipedia
-mouse = False
-hide_references = False
-
-[keymap]
-q = quit
-c = contents
-o = open
-h = back
-l = forward
-left = back
-right = forward
-
-[Wikipedia]
-url = http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
diff --git a/wikicurses/settings.py b/wikicurses/settings.py
index f038688..74493c1 100644
--- a/wikicurses/settings.py
+++ b/wikicurses/settings.py
@@ -1,16 +1,29 @@
+import sys
 import os
 import json
 import collections
 import configparser
+import shutil
 from wikicurses import formats
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-default_configdir = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config'
+# TODO: This may cause issues with python 2.7; however, as of 01OCT2019, it is nearing sunset
+default_configdir = os.path.expanduser('~') + '/.config'
 configpath = os.environ.get(
     'XDG_CONFIG_HOME', default_configdir) + '/wikicurses'
 
+configfile = os.path.join(configpath, "config")
+
+os.makedirs(configpath, exist_ok=True)
+
+if not os.path.isfile(configfile):
+	# Copy the default config file 
+	current_run_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))
+	default_config = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(current_run_path, "../share/wikicurses/wikicurses.conf.dist"))
+	shutil.copyfile(default_config, configfile)
+
 conf = configparser.ConfigParser()
-conf.read(['/etc/wikicurses.conf', configpath + '/config'])
+conf.read(configpath + '/config')
 
 try:
     mouse = conf.getboolean('general', 'mouse')
diff --git a/_wikicurses b/zsh/_wikicurses
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rename from _wikicurses
rename to zsh/_wikicurses