diff --git a/widgets/polylauncher.lua b/widgets/polylauncher.lua
index 8f5794f..42759f9 100644
--- a/widgets/polylauncher.lua
+++ b/widgets/polylauncher.lua
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ local function loader(options)
     --This causes a (barely noticeable) slowdown while loading, but it prevents a race condition which causes crashes occasional crashes on slow devices.
     
     --specify a sensible path
-    local programs_path = (options.links_dir or ((globalopts and globalopts.config_dir) or os.getenv("HOME").."/.awesome").."/links")
+    local programs_path = (options.links_dir or ((global and global.config_dir) or os.getenv("HOME").."/.awesome").."/links")
     --add a slash at the end if one isn't set
     local programs_path = programs_path..((not programs_path:match("/$")) and "/")
     local programs = synchronous_ls(programs_path)
diff --git a/widgets/stickers/init.lua b/widgets/stickers/init.lua
index cf69807..a71c141 100644
--- a/widgets/stickers/init.lua
+++ b/widgets/stickers/init.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 local dkjson = require("dkjson")
-local handler = io.open(global.widget_config_dir.."stickers.json","r")
+local handler = io.open(global.config_dir.."stickers.json","r")
 local stickers = {} 
 local objects = {}
 if handler then
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ return function(s)
                 stickers[type][id].height = obj.height
             end
         end
-        local handler = io.open(global.widget_config_dir.."stickers.json","w")
+        local handler = io.open(global.config_dir.."stickers.json","w")
         handler:write(dkjson.encode(stickers) or "")
         handler:close()
     end)