diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 13e21efcc..ce91bafd6 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 #include "e.h"
 
+#define E_CONF(_key, _var, _args...) \
+{ \
+  if (!strcmp(type, _key)) \
+    { \
+      if ((_var)[0]) return (_var); \
+      sprintf((_var), ## _args); \
+      return (_var); \
+    } \
+}
+
 static char cfg_grabs_db[4096] = "";
 static char cfg_settings_db[4096] = "";
 static char cfg_actions_db[4096] = "";
@@ -8,6 +18,33 @@ static char cfg_user_dir[4096] = "";
 static char cfg_images_dir[4096] = "";
 static char cfg_fonts_dir[4096] = "";
 
+char *
+e_config_get(char *type)
+{
+   /* for now use the system defaults and not the user copied settings */
+   /* so if i chnage stuff i dont have to rm my personaly settings and */
+   /* have e re-install them. yes this is different from e16 - the     */
+   /* complexity of merging system and user settings is just a bit     */
+   /* much for my liking and have decided, for usability, and          */
+   /* user-freindliness to keep all settings in the user's home dir,   */
+   /* as well as all data - so the only place to look is there. If you */
+   /* have no data it is all copied over for you the first time E is   */
+   /* run. It's a design decision.                                     */
+   E_CONF("grabs", cfg_grabs_db, 
+	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/config/behavior/default/grabs.db");
+   E_CONF("settings", cfg_settings_db,
+	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/config/behavior/default/settings.db");
+   E_CONF("actions", cfg_actions_db,
+	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/config/behavior/default/actions.db");
+   E_CONF("borders", cfg_borders_db,
+	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/config/appearance/default/borders/");
+   E_CONF("images", cfg_images_dir,
+	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/images/");
+   E_CONF("fonts", cfg_fonts_dir,
+	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/fonts/");
+   return "";
+}
+
 void
 e_config_init(void)
 {
@@ -46,31 +83,3 @@ e_config_user_dir(void)
    sprintf(cfg_user_dir, "%s/.e/", e_file_home());
    return cfg_user_dir;
 }
-
-#define E_CONF(_key, _var, _args...) \
-{ \
-  if (!strcmp(type, _key)) \
-    { \
-      if ((_var)[0]) return (_var); \
-      sprintf((_var), ## _args); \
-      return (_var); \
-    } \
-}
-
-char *
-e_config_get(char *type)
-{
-   E_CONF("grabs", cfg_grabs_db, 
-	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/config/behavior/default/grabs.db");
-   E_CONF("settings", cfg_settings_db,
-	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/config/behavior/default/settings.db");
-   E_CONF("actions", cfg_actions_db,
-	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/config/behavior/default/actions.db");
-   E_CONF("borders", cfg_borders_db,
-	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/config/appearance/default/borders/");
-   E_CONF("images", cfg_images_dir,
-	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/images/");
-   E_CONF("fonts", cfg_fonts_dir,
-	  PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/fonts/");
-   return "";
-}