diff --git a/ani-cli b/ani-cli
index 1ef06a793..951c012f3 100755
--- a/ani-cli
+++ b/ani-cli
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ allanime_base="allanime.day"
 allanime_api="https://api.${allanime_base}"
 allanime_key="$(printf '%s' 'Xot36i3lK3:v1' | openssl dgst -sha256 -binary | od -A n -t x1 | tr -d ' \n')"
 mode="${ANI_CLI_MODE:-sub}"
-download_dir="${ANI_CLI_DOWNLOAD_DIR:-.}"
+download_dir="$HOME/ani-cli-downloads/$title"
 log_episode="${ANI_CLI_LOG:-1}"
 quality="${ANI_CLI_QUALITY:-best}"
 case "$(uname -a | cut -d " " -f 1,3-)" in