diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9971a7ed6..b38cc6ca6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ thiserror = { version = "1.0.56" }
 tiny-fn = { version = "0.1.6" }
 toml = { version = "0.8.13" }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.40" }
+dirs = { version = "5.0" }
 windows-sys = { version = "0.48.0", features = ["Win32_Security", "Win32_Security_Authorization", "Win32_System_Memory", "Win32_System_Threading", "Win32_Foundation", "Win32_System_WindowsProgramming", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_System_IO", "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug", "Win32_System_SystemInformation", "Win32_System_Diagnostics_ToolHelp", "Win32_System_Console", "Win32_Networking_WinSock",
 "Win32_System_SystemServices", "Win32_System_ProcessStatus"] }
 
diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/posix/src/system_configuration.rs b/iceoryx2-bb/posix/src/system_configuration.rs
index dd49f825b..12ace09c5 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-bb/posix/src/system_configuration.rs
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/posix/src/system_configuration.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //! Provides information about the POSIX [`SystemInfo`], [`Limit`]s, available [`SysOption`] and
 //! [`Feature`]s.
 
-use enum_iterator::{all, Sequence};
+use enum_iterator::Sequence;
 use iceoryx2_bb_log::{fatal_panic, warn};
 use iceoryx2_pal_posix::posix::Struct;
 use iceoryx2_pal_posix::*;
diff --git a/iceoryx2-cli/Cargo.toml b/iceoryx2-cli/Cargo.toml
index 1411eccb2..b2379e95f 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iceoryx2-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ serde_yaml = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 ron = { workspace = true }
 toml = { workspace = true }
+dirs = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 iceoryx2-bb-testing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/iceoryx2-cli/iox2-config/src/commands.rs b/iceoryx2-cli/iox2-config/src/commands.rs
index 5967bf1ed..a34877a78 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-cli/iox2-config/src/commands.rs
+++ b/iceoryx2-cli/iox2-config/src/commands.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
 
 use anyhow::Result;
+use dirs;
 use enum_iterator::all;
 use iceoryx2::config::Config;
 use iceoryx2_bb_posix::system_configuration::*;
-use std::fs::File;
+use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io::Write;
-use std::path::Path;
 
 /// Prints the whole system configuration with all limits, features and details to the console.
 pub fn print_system_configuration() {
@@ -109,11 +109,12 @@ pub fn show() -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 pub fn generate() -> Result<()> {
-    let default_file_path = Path::new("config/iceoryx2.toml");
+    let config_dir = dirs::config_dir().unwrap().join("iceoryx2/");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&config_dir)?;
 
-    let default_config = Config::default();
+    let default_file_path = config_dir.join("config.toml");
 
-    let toml_string = toml::to_string_pretty(&default_config)?;
+    let toml_string = toml::to_string_pretty(&Config::default())?;
 
     let mut file = File::create(&default_file_path)?;
     file.write_all(toml_string.as_bytes())?;