--- lib/libxview/textsw/txt_filter.c
+++ lib/libxview/textsw/txt_filter.c
@@ -934,7 +937,7 @@
 textsw_parse_rc(textsw)
     Textsw_folio    textsw;
 {
-    char           *base_name = ".textswrc", file_name[MAXNAMLEN], *login_dir;
+    char           *base_name = "textswrc", file_name[MAXNAMLEN], *login_dir;
     STREAM         *rc_stream = NULL;
     STREAM         *rc_wo_comments_stream = NULL;
     Key_map_handle  current_key;
@@ -948,7 +951,7 @@
     textsw->key_maps = NULL;
     if ((login_dir = xv_getlogindir()) == NULL)
 	return (1);
-    (void) sprintf(file_name, "%s/%s", login_dir, base_name);
+    (void) sprintf(file_name, "%s/.desk/%s", login_dir, base_name);
     if ((rc_stream = xv_file_input_stream(file_name, (FILE *) 0)) == NULL) {
 	result = 2;
 	goto Done;