diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a55eed4..e5c2fa7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-- Added voice mixing functionality that enables combining multiple voices into a single "Mixed voice", as suggested by @PulsarFTW in #1. (Special thanks to @jborza for making this feature possible with his contributions in #5)
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+- Added voice mixing functionality that enables combining multiple voices into a single "Mixed voice", as suggested by @PulsarFTW in #1. (Special thanks to @jborza for making this feature possible with his contributions in #5)
+- Switched to platformdirs for determining the correct desktop path, instead of using old methods.
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diff --git a/abogen/conversion.py b/abogen/conversion.py
index 1b2a4f5..7fa8c89 100644
--- a/abogen/conversion.py
+++ b/abogen/conversion.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 import chardet
 import charset_normalizer
+from platformdirs import user_desktop_dir
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QThread, pyqtSignal, Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QCheckBox, QVBoxLayout, QDialog, QLabel, QDialogButtonBox
 import soundfile as sf
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ class ConversionThread(QThread):
             base_path = self.display_path if self.display_path else self.file_name
             base_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(base_path))[0]
             if self.save_option == "Save to Desktop":
-                parent_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "Desktop")
+                parent_dir = user_desktop_dir()
             elif self.save_option == "Save next to input file":
                 parent_dir = os.path.dirname(base_path)
             else:
diff --git a/abogen/gui.py b/abogen/gui.py
index 1f52886..2cc5f4d 100644
--- a/abogen/gui.py
+++ b/abogen/gui.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ from constants import (
 )
 from threading import Thread
 from voice_formula_gui import VoiceFormulaDialog
+from platformdirs import user_desktop_dir
 
 # Import ctypes for Windows-specific taskbar icon
 if platform.system() == "Windows":
@@ -1628,7 +1629,7 @@ class abogen(QWidget):
 
         try:
             # where to put the .lnk
-            desktop = os.path.join(os.environ.get("USERPROFILE", ""), "Desktop")
+            desktop = user_desktop_dir()
             shortcut_path = os.path.join(desktop, "abogen.lnk")
 
             # target exe
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03491fe..7f626a6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "ebooklib>=0.18",
     "beautifulsoup4>=4.13.4",
     "PyMuPDF>=1.25.5",
+    "platformdirs>=4.3.7",
     "soundfile>=0.13.1",
     "pygame>=2.6.1",
     "charset_normalizer>=3.4.1",