diff --git a/src/main_window.cpp b/src/main_window.cpp
index a9ae079..2a5ac35 100644
--- a/src/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/main_window.cpp
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ void AC_MainWindow::controls_Pause() {
 }
 
 void AC_MainWindow::controls_SetImage() {
-    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,tr("Open Image"), "/home", tr("Image Files (*.png *.jpg)"));
+    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,tr("Open Image"), "", tr("Image Files (*.png *.jpg)"));
     if(fileName != "") {
         cv::Mat tblend_image = cv::imread(fileName.toStdString());
         if(!tblend_image.empty()) {
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ void AC_MainWindow::controls_SetImage() {
 }
 
 void AC_MainWindow::controls_SetKey() {
-    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,tr("Open Color Key Image"), "/home", tr("Image Files (*.png)"));
+    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,tr("Open Color Key Image"), "", tr("Image Files (*.png)"));
     if(fileName != "") {
         cv::Mat tblend_image = cv::imread(fileName.toStdString());
         if(!tblend_image.empty()) {
diff --git a/src/new_dialog.cpp b/src/new_dialog.cpp
index eae2116..78124a1 100644
--- a/src/new_dialog.cpp
+++ b/src/new_dialog.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void CaptureCamera::btn_Select() {
     
     QString def_path = "";
 #if defined(__linux__)
-    def_path = "/home";
+    def_path = "";
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
     def_path = "/Users";
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
@@ -131,31 +131,14 @@ void CaptureVideo::setParent(AC_MainWindow *p) {
 }
 
 void CaptureVideo::btn_SetSourceFile() {
-    
     QString def_path = "";
-#if defined(__linux__)
-    def_path = "/home";
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
-    def_path = "/Users";
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-    def_path = "C:\\";
-#endif
     QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,tr("Open Video"), def_path, tr("Video Files (*.avi *.mov *.mp4 *.mkv)"));
     if(fileName != "")
         edit_src->setText(fileName);
 }
 
 void CaptureVideo::btn_SetOutputDir() {
-    
     QString def_path = "";
-#if defined(__linux__)
-    def_path = "/home";
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
-    def_path = "/Users";
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-    def_path = "C:\\";
-#endif
-    
     QString dir = QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(this, tr("Set Output Directory"),def_path,QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly | QFileDialog::DontResolveSymlinks);
     if(dir != "")
         edit_outdir->setText(dir);
diff --git a/src/user_define.cpp b/src/user_define.cpp
index 8a5e6f7..463760f 100644
--- a/src/user_define.cpp
+++ b/src/user_define.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ void DefineWindow::clearFilterNames() {
 }
 
 void DefineWindow::saveNames() {
-     QString fileName = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this,tr("Save List"), "/home", tr("Acid Cam List (*.acl)"));
+     QString fileName = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this,tr("Save List"), "", tr("Acid Cam List (*.acl)"));
+    if(fileName.length() <= 0)
+        return;
     std::fstream file;
     file.open(fileName.toStdString(), std::ios::out);
     if(!file.is_open()) {
@@ -89,10 +91,13 @@ void DefineWindow::saveNames() {
 }
 
 void DefineWindow::loadNames() {
-    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,tr("Open List"), "/home", tr("Acid Cam List (*.acl)"));
+    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,tr("Open List"), "", tr("Acid Cam List (*.acl)"));
+    if(fileName.length() <= 0)
+        return;
     std::fstream file(fileName.toStdString(), std::ios::in);
     if(!file.is_open()) {
         QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Could not open file"), tr("File could not be opened"));
+        return;
     }
     clearFilterNames();
     while(!file.eof()) {