diff --git a/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/Metadata.java b/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/Metadata.java
index 5f12506de..e703cfcf7 100644
--- a/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/Metadata.java
+++ b/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/Metadata.java
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
 package org.jackhuang.hmcl;
 
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.io.JarUtils;
-import org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.StringUtils;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.platform.OperatingSystem;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 /**
  * Stores metadata about this application.
@@ -47,20 +45,7 @@ public final class Metadata {
     public static final String BUILD_CHANNEL = JarUtils.thisJar().flatMap(JarUtils::getManifest).map(manifest -> manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue("Build-Channel")).orElse("nightly");
 
     public static final Path MINECRAFT_DIRECTORY = OperatingSystem.getWorkingDirectory("minecraft");
-    public static final Path HMCL_DIRECTORY = getHMCLDirectory();
-
-    private static Path getHMCLDirectory() {
-        String home = System.getProperty("user.home", ".");
-        if (OperatingSystem.CURRENT_OS == OperatingSystem.LINUX) {
-            // to fulfill XDG standard.
-            String xdgCache = System.getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME");
-            if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(xdgCache)) {
-                return Paths.get(xdgCache, "hmcl");
-            }
-            return Paths.get(home, ".cache", "hmcl");
-        }
-        return OperatingSystem.getWorkingDirectory("hmcl");
-    }
+    public static final Path HMCL_DIRECTORY = OperatingSystem.getWorkingDirectory("hmcl");
 
     public static boolean isStable() {
         return "stable".equals(BUILD_CHANNEL);
diff --git a/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/setting/ConfigHolder.java b/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/setting/ConfigHolder.java
index 563774e9e..995f150e0 100644
--- a/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/setting/ConfigHolder.java
+++ b/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/setting/ConfigHolder.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.Metadata;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.InvocationDispatcher;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.Lang;
+import org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.StringUtils;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.io.FileUtils;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.platform.OperatingSystem;
 
@@ -189,6 +190,28 @@ public final class ConfigHolder {
     // Global Config
 
     private static GlobalConfig loadGlobalConfig() throws IOException {
+        // Migrate from old directory
+        if (OperatingSystem.CURRENT_OS == OperatingSystem.LINUX && Files.notExists(GLOBAL_CONFIG_PATH)) {
+            Path oldHome;
+            String xdgCache = System.getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME");
+            if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(xdgCache)) {
+                oldHome = Paths.get(xdgCache, "hmcl");
+            } else {
+                oldHome = Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.home", "."), ".cache", "hmcl");
+            }
+
+            if (Files.exists(oldHome)) {
+                Path oldConfigPath = oldHome.resolve("config.json");
+                if (Files.isRegularFile(oldConfigPath)) {
+                    try {
+                        Files.copy(oldConfigPath, GLOBAL_CONFIG_PATH);
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        LOG.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to migrate global config", e);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         if (Files.exists(GLOBAL_CONFIG_PATH)) {
             try {
                 String content = FileUtils.readText(GLOBAL_CONFIG_PATH);