diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 31a868e..21f09e5 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ The format is based on [Keep a
 Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 
+## [git] - 2020-03-11
+### Changed
+- Use $HOME/.config/EnlivenMinetest to store downloads.
+
+### Fixed
+- Use instead of `-ne` for comparing strings.
+
+
 ## [git] - 2020-03-11
 ### Changed
 - Generate readme-ENLIVEN.md `game-release.rc` when building ENLIVEN-mtg
diff --git a/install-mts.sh b/install-mts.sh
index fdf50b8..1c8becc 100755
--- a/install-mts.sh
+++ b/install-mts.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ echo
 echo
 echo
 echo "Starting install..."
+MY_NAME="install-mts.sh"
+config_path="$HOME/.config/EnlivenMinetest"
+
 date
 customDie() {
     cat <<END
@@ -59,9 +62,11 @@ enable_server=true
 dest_programs="$HOME"
 #NOTE: $HOME is still used further down, for $HOME/.* and $HOME/i_am_dedicated_minetest_server flag file (which can be empty)
 #TODO: change $HOME/i_am_dedicated_minetest_server to $HOME/.config/EnlivenMinetest/i_am_dedicated_minetest_server or rc file
-extracted_name=linux-minetest-kit
+extracted_name="linux-minetest-kit"
+extracted_path="$config_path/$extracted_name"
+cd "$config_path" || customDie "[$MY_NAME] cd \"$config_path\" failed."
 flag_dir_rel="$extracted_name/mtsrc"
-flag_dir="`pwd`/$flag_dir_rel"
+flag_dir="$extracted_path/mtsrc"
 enable_client=false
 custom_scripts_dir="$HOME"
 custom_script_name="mts.sh"
@@ -82,9 +87,7 @@ else
     echo "  (can contain settings such as enable_run_after_compile)"
 fi
 
-pushd "$extracted_name"
-extracted_dir="`pwd`"
-
+pushd "$extracted_path" || customDie "pushd \"$extracted_path\" failed in \"`pwd`\""
 
 extra_options=""
 for var in "$@"
@@ -183,12 +186,12 @@ END
     end=`date +%s`
     compile_time=$((end-start))
     echo "Compiling the program finished in $compile_time seconds."
-    cp release.txt minetest/ || customWarn "Cannot copy `pwd`/release.txt to `pwd`/minetest/"
+    cp $extracted_path/release.txt $extracted_path/minetest/ || customWarn "Cannot copy $extracted_path/release.txt to $extracted_path/minetest/"
 else
     echo "* using existing minetest..."
 fi
 if [ ! -f "$flag_file" ]; then
-    customDie "The build did not complete since '$flag_file' is missing."
+    customDie "The build did not complete since '$flag_file' is missing. Maybe you didn't compile the libraries. Running reset-minetest-install-source.sh should do that automatically, but you can also do: cd $extracted_path && ./mtcompile-libraries.sh build"
 fi
 dest_flag_file="$dest_programs/$flag_file"
 if [ -f "$dest_flag_file" ]; then
@@ -292,7 +295,15 @@ else
 fi
 popd
 
-pushd ..
+# pushd ..  # go from EnlivenMinetest/webapp to EnlivenMinetest
+PATCHES_DIR="patches"
+if [ -z "$REPO_PATH" ]; then
+    REPO_PATH="$HOME/git/EnlivenMinetest"
+fi
+PATCHES_PATH="$REPO_PATH/patches"
+if [ -d "$PATCHES_PATH" ]; then
+    pushd "$REPO_PATH"
+
 src="patches/subgame/menu"
 dst="$dest_programs/minetest/games/ENLIVEN/menu"
 echo "updating '$dst' from '$src/'..."
@@ -473,6 +484,15 @@ else
 fi
 
 popd
+else
+    cat <<END
+$PATCHES_PATH is missing. To fix this, set the REPO_PATH environment variable like:
+
+    REPO_PATH=$HOME/git/EnlivenMinetest $MY_NAME
+    # (where $HOME/git/EnlivenMinetest is the actual repo path).
+END
+fi
+
 settings_dump="`pwd`/settings-dump.txt"
 settings_types_list="`pwd`/settingtypes-list.txt"
 # grep -r `pwd`/linux-minetest-kit/minetest/games/Bucket_Game -e "setting_get" > $settings_dump
@@ -492,8 +512,8 @@ else
 fi
 popd
 echo "* finished compiling."
-if [ -f "$extracted_dir/release.txt" ]; then
-    versionLine=`cat $extracted_dir/release.txt`
+if [ -f "$extracted_path/release.txt" ]; then
+    versionLine=`cat $extracted_path/release.txt | grep Release`
     echo "  - version: $versionLine"
 fi
 if [ "@$enable_run_after_compile" = "@true" ]; then
diff --git a/reset-minetest-install-source.sh b/reset-minetest-install-source.sh
index cd2cb26..2309b5e 100755
--- a/reset-minetest-install-source.sh
+++ b/reset-minetest-install-source.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,16 @@ echo
 echo
 echo "Starting cleanup and library rebuild..."
 date
+MY_NAME="reset-minetest-install-source.sh"
+config_path=$HOME/.config/EnlivenMinetest
+
 zip_name=linux-minetest-kit.zip
 extracted_name=linux-minetest-kit
+config_path=~/.config/EnlivenMinetest
+if [ ! -d "$config_path" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$config_path"
+fi
+
 in_use_name=minetest
 #not reliable with bash -e (if not running, check throws error):
 #running=`ps ax | grep -v grep | grep $in_use_name | wc -l`
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ if [ "@$installed_version" = "@$available_version" ]; then
     echo "You already have the latest version installed."
     exit 1
 fi
-if [ "@$compiled_version" -ne "@$installed_version" ]; then
+if [ "@$compiled_version" != "@$installed_version" ]; then
     echo "ERROR: You have not yet installed version $compiled_version which you already compiled (you have installed $installed_version)."
     echo "You should run ./install-mts.sh instead (with --client option if you want more than minetestserver)"
     exit 2
@@ -75,6 +83,7 @@ do
         customDie "Invalid argument: $var"
     fi
 done
+cd "$config_path" || customDie "[$MY_NAME] cd \"$config_path\" failed."
 if [ -d "$extracted_name" ]; then
   if [ "`ls -lR screenshots/*.png | wc -l`" -gt 0 ]; then
     mv screenshots/*.png ~/ || customDie "can't move screenshots from $extracted_name/minetest/bin/*.png"
@@ -116,7 +125,7 @@ echo
 echo
 cd ..
 echo "Check libraries.log for errors, then..."
-echo "- Run the following manually for SERVER only (no graphical client):"
+echo "- Run the following manually for SERVER only (no graphical client unless an old copy of ~/minetest/bin/minetest is detected):"
 echo "  bash install-mts.sh"
 echo "- Run the following manually for both minetestserver and minetest:"
 echo "  bash install-mts.sh --client"
diff --git a/versionize.sh b/versionize.sh
index 0f04970..daaf191 100755
--- a/versionize.sh
+++ b/versionize.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 echo
 echo "Collecting version..."
+MY_NAME="versionize.sh"
+config_path=$HOME/.config/EnlivenMinetest
+cd "$config_path" || customDie "[$MY_NAME] cd \"$config_path\" failed."
 if [ -z "$original_src_path" ]; then
     original_src_path="$1"
 fi
@@ -48,13 +51,13 @@ customDie() {
 destroy_msg=""
 # src_path: extracted name (always linux-mintetest-kit unless source is
 #   archive, in which case src_path is detected)
-src_path="linux-minetest-kit"
-versions_path="$HOME/git/EnlivenMinetest/webapp/minetest-versions"
+src_path="$config_path/linux-minetest-kit"
+versions_path="$config_path/minetest-versions"
 if [ ! -d "$versions_path" ]; then
     mkdir -p "$versions_path" || customDie "mkdir $versions_path FAILED"
 fi
 src_name=""
-try_path="`pwd`/$original_src_path"
+try_path="$config_path/$original_src_path"
 if [ -f "$original_src_path" ]; then
     echo "* detected file param..."
 elif [ -d "$original_src_path" ]; then