diff --git a/src/session.cpp b/src/session.cpp
index bb36a9ac..827ad88d 100755
--- a/src/session.cpp
+++ b/src/session.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 #include "game.h"
 #include "guiinterface.h"
 #include "tinyxml.h"
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <direct.h>
+#endif
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -32,9 +37,24 @@ Session::Session(GuiInterface* g) : actualGame(0), myGui(g)
 	// Session an mainwindowimpl bergeben
 	myGui->setSession(this);
 	
-	//Konfiguration erstellen;
+	// Konfiguration erstellen
 
+	string configFileName;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	const char *appDataPath = getenv("AppData");
+	if (appDataPath)
+	{
+		configFileName = appDataPath;
+		configFileName += "\\pokerth\\";
+		mkdir(configFileName.c_str());
+	}
+#else
+	// hier Linux/Mac Code zur Basispfadbestimmung, z.B.
+	configFileName = "~/pokerth";
+	// wenn nicht existiert, erzeugen!
+#endif
 
+	configFileName += "config.xml";
 }