diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6f6cdf..05c345b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ version of git and at least Python 2.7 installed.
 
 # Installation
 
+With [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/):
+
+    brew install pr0d1r2/contrib/gitup && brew link gitup
+
+## From source
+
 First:
 
     git clone git://github.com/earwig/git-repo-updater.git
diff --git a/gitup/__init__.py b/gitup/__init__.py
index ee669d8..48be6a3 100644
--- a/gitup/__init__.py
+++ b/gitup/__init__.py
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ gitup: the git repository updater
 __author__ = "Ben Kurtovic"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Ben Kurtovic"
 __license__ = "MIT License"
-__version__ = "0.2.3"
+__version__ = "0.2.4"
 __email__ = "ben.kurtovic@gmail.com"
diff --git a/gitup/config.py b/gitup/config.py
index 5571cfe..59f3c68 100644
--- a/gitup/config.py
+++ b/gitup/config.py
@@ -13,24 +13,45 @@ from colorama import Fore, Style
 __all__ = ["get_bookmarks", "add_bookmarks", "delete_bookmarks",
            "list_bookmarks"]
 
-CONFIG_FILENAME = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".gitup")
-
 YELLOW = Fore.YELLOW + Style.BRIGHT
 RED = Fore.RED + Style.BRIGHT
 
 INDENT1 = " " * 3
 
+def _ensure_dirs(path):
+    """Ensure the directories within the given pathname exist."""
+    dirname = os.path.dirname(path)
+    if not os.path.exists(dirname):  # Race condition, meh...
+        os.makedirs(dirname)
+
+def _get_config_path():
+    """Return the path to the configuration file."""
+    xdg_cfg = os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or os.path.join("~", ".config")
+    return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser(xdg_cfg), "gitup", "config.ini")
+
+def _migrate_old_config_path():
+    """Migrate the old config location (~/.gitup) to the new one."""
+    old_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("~", ".gitup"))
+    if os.path.exists(old_path):
+        new_path = _get_config_path()
+        _ensure_dirs(new_path)
+        os.rename(old_path, new_path)
+
 def _load_config_file():
     """Read the config file and return a SafeConfigParser() object."""
+    _migrate_old_config_path()
     config = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
     # Don't lowercase option names, because we are storing paths there:
     config.optionxform = str
-    config.read(CONFIG_FILENAME)
+    config.read(_get_config_path())
     return config
 
 def _save_config_file(config):
-    """Save config changes to the config file specified by CONFIG_FILENAME."""
-    with open(CONFIG_FILENAME, "wb") as config_file:
+    """Save config changes to the config file returned by _get_config_path."""
+    _migrate_old_config_path()
+    cfg_path = _get_config_path()
+    _ensure_dirs(cfg_path)
+    with open(cfg_path, "wb") as config_file:
         config.write(config_file)
 
 def get_bookmarks():
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 04fc1dd..5bec3dd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ setup(
     name = "gitup",
     packages = find_packages(),
     entry_points = {"console_scripts": ["gitup = gitup.script:run"]},
-    install_requires = ["GitPython >= 0.3.6", "colorama >= 0.3.3"],
+    install_requires = ["GitPython >= 1.0.1", "colorama >= 0.3.3"],
     version = __version__,
     author = "Ben Kurtovic",
     author_email = "ben.kurtovic@gmail.com",