lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm            | 6 ++++--
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 4b87c104bec98df6936a4af1dc81d56e57f41ee9..52b588a22a99bf8c94e5b3aa14093f7e84465bba 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -83,12 +83,14 @@ 	$pwd //= $self->{env}->{PWD} = getcwd() // die "getcwd(PWD=$pwd): $!";
 	File::Spec->rel2abs($p, $pwd);
 }
 
-sub store_path ($) {
+sub share_path ($) { # $HOME/.local/share/lei/$FOO
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	rel2abs($self, ($self->{env}->{XDG_DATA_HOME} //
 		($self->{env}->{HOME} // '/nonexistent').'/.local/share')
-		.'/lei/store');
+		.'/lei');
 }
+
+sub store_path ($) { share_path($_[0]) . '/store' }
 
 sub _config_path ($) {
 	my ($self) = @_;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
index e79cf76a71285531f2663c4e8668918eec55f325..fe8301d6a717a0c14bc8da120c38075df6975ff5 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 		-f $f && -r _ or
 			return $lei->fail("$f non-existent or unreadable");
 		$self->{-cfg} = PublicInbox::Config::git_config_dump($f);
 	} else { # new saved search "lei q --save"
-		my $saved_dir = $lei->store_path . '/../saved-searches/';
+		my $saved_dir = $lei->share_path . '/saved-searches/';
 		my (@name) = ($lei->{ovv}->{dst} =~ m{([\w\-\.]+)/*\z});
 		my $q = $lei->{mset_opt}->{q_raw} // die 'BUG: {q_raw} missing';
 		my $q_raw_str = ref($q) ? "@$q" : $q;