diff --git a/mvw-dl.py b/mvw-dl.py
index 7c56a21..2835dc2 100644
--- a/mvw-dl.py
+++ b/mvw-dl.py
@@ -360,11 +360,16 @@ def copy_url(
     update_interval = config_obj.getint(section_name, "dl_progress_update_interval")
     max_quality_url = video_metadata["url"]
     filename = max_quality_url.split("/")[-1]
-    dest_path = os.path.join("./", filename)
+    dest_dir = config_obj.get(section_name, "dl_dir")
+    dest_path = os.path.join(dest_dir, filename)
+    dest_path = os.path.expanduser(dest_path)
+    dest_path = os.path.expandvars(dest_path)
     show_name = f"{show.topic} - {show.title}"
 
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dest_path), exist_ok=True)
     with open(dest_path, "wb") as dest_file:
         log.info(f"""Downloading "{show_name}" ...""")
+        log.info(f"Download location resolved to {dest_path}")
         r = requests.get(max_quality_url, stream=True)
         for chunk in r.iter_content(32768):
             size_downloaded += len(chunk)
@@ -424,6 +429,7 @@ def download_media(
     for video in video_metadata:
         total_content_length += video_metadata[video]["content_length"]
     video_metadata["total_content_length"] = total_content_length
+    log.info(f"""Download location is {config_obj.get(section_name, "dl_dir")}""")
     log.info(f"Limiting parallel downloads to {dl_threads} ...")
     with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=dl_threads) as pool:
         download_last_update_time = time.time()