--- transmission-0.91/gtk/util.c~	2007-10-29 00:57:11.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-0.91/gtk/util.c	2007-11-03 16:35:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@
     static char * wd = NULL;
     char * dir = pref_string_get( PREF_KEY_DIR_DEFAULT );
     if ( dir == NULL ) {
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 13, 7)
+        dir = g_get_user_special_dir(G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD);
+        return dir;
+#endif
         if( wd == NULL )
             wd = g_get_current_dir();
         dir = g_strdup( wd );