diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/config/__init__.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/config/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/__init__.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f169e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .locations import Locations
+
+LOCATIONS = Locations()
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7afaa42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
+
+import tempfile
+
+from .music_directory import get_music_directory
+
+
+class Locations:
+    def __init__(self, temp_folder_name: os.PathLike = "music-downloader"):
+        self.TEMP_DIRECTORY = Path(tempfile.gettempdir(), temp_folder_name)
+        self.TEMP_DIRECTORY.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
+        self.MUSIC_DIRECTORY = get_music_directory()
+
+    def get_log_file(self, file_name: os.PathLike) -> Path:
+        return Path(self.TEMP_DIRECTORY, file_name)
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/music_directory.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/music_directory.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8680830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/music_directory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from sys import platform
+import logging
+from os.path import expandvars
+
+import configparser
+
+DEFAULT_MUSIC_DIRECTORY = Path(Path.home(), "Music")
+
+
+def get_xdg_music_directory() -> Path:
+    # XDG_USER_DIRS_FILE reference: https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
+    xdg_user_dirs_file = Path(Path.home(), ".config", "user-dirs.dirs")
+
+    try:
+        with open(xdg_user_dirs_file, 'r') as f:
+            data = "[XDG_USER_DIRS]\n" + f.read()
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
+        config.read_string(data)
+        xdg_config = config['XDG_USER_DIRS']
+        return Path(expandvars(xdg_config['xdg_music_dir'].strip('"')))
+
+    except (FileNotFoundError, KeyError) as e:
+        logging.warning(
+            f"Missing file or No entry found for \"xdg_music_dir\" in: \"{xdg_user_dirs_file}\".\n"
+            f"Will fallback on default \"$HOME/Music\"."
+        )
+        logging.debug(str(e))
+
+    return DEFAULT_MUSIC_DIRECTORY
+
+
+def get_music_directory() -> Path:
+    if platform != "linux":
+        return DEFAULT_MUSIC_DIRECTORY
+
+    return get_xdg_music_directory()
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py
index c1a117e..78ea6d7 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@ def get_random_message() -> str:
 
 
 ID_BITS: int = 64
-ID_RANGE: Tuple[int] = 0, 2**ID_BITS
+ID_RANGE: Tuple[int, int] = (0, int(2**ID_BITS))
 
 TEMP_DIR = Path(tempfile.gettempdir(), "music-downloader")
 TEMP_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 LOG_PATH = Path(TEMP_DIR, "download_logs.log")
 
+MUSIC_DIR: Path = Path(os.path.expanduser("~"), "Music")
+
 
 # configure logger default
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -67,8 +69,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_LOGGER = logging.getLogger("download")
 TAGGING_LOGGER = logging.getLogger("tagging")
 CODEX_LOGGER = logging.getLogger("codex")
 
-MUSIC_DIR: Path = Path(os.path.expanduser("~"), "Music")
-NOT_A_GENRE_REGEX: List[str] = (
+NOT_A_GENRE_REGEX: Tuple[str] = (
     r'^\.',     # is hidden/starts with a "."
 )