diff --git a/electron/config.js b/electron/config.js
index 4ba7b08..b01390f 100644
--- a/electron/config.js
+++ b/electron/config.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const schema = {
             "allowBetaVersions": {type: "boolean", default: false},
             "enableGlobalHotkey": {type: "boolean", default: false},
             "globalHotkey": {type: "string", default: "CmdOrCtrl+Shift+H"},
+            "bufferPath" : {type: "string", default: ""},
         },
     },
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ const defaults = {
         allowBetaVersions: false,
         enableGlobalHotkey: false,
         globalHotkey: "CmdOrCtrl+Shift+H",
+        bufferPath: "",
     },
     theme: "system",
 }
diff --git a/electron/detect-platform.ts b/electron/detect-platform.ts
index 811b947..1f677e0 100644
--- a/electron/detect-platform.ts
+++ b/electron/detect-platform.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const os = require('os');
 
+export const isDev = !!process.env.VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL
+
 export const isMac = os.platform() === "darwin";
 export const isWindows = os.platform() === "win32";
 export const isLinux = os.platform() === "linux";
-
diff --git a/electron/main/buffer.js b/electron/main/buffer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3cbcd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electron/main/buffer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import fs from "fs"
+import { join } from "path"
+import { app } from "electron"
+import CONFIG from "../config"
+import { isDev } from "../detect-platform"
+
+
+export function getBufferFilePath() {
+    let defaultPath = app.getPath("userData")
+    let configPath = CONFIG.get("settings.bufferPath")
+    let bufferPath = configPath.length ? configPath : defaultPath
+    let bufferFilePath = join(bufferPath, isDev ? "buffer-dev.txt" : "buffer.txt")
+    try {
+        // use realpathSync to resolve a potential symlink
+        return fs.realpathSync(bufferFilePath)
+    } catch (err) {
+        // realpathSync will fail if the file does not exist, but that doesn't matter since the file will be created
+        if (err.code !== "ENOENT") {
+            throw err
+        }
+        return bufferFilePath
+    }
+}
diff --git a/electron/main/index.ts b/electron/main/index.ts
index 9b1870e..572f575 100644
--- a/electron/main/index.ts
+++ b/electron/main/index.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ import { initialContent, initialDevContent } from '../initial-content'
 import { WINDOW_CLOSE_EVENT, SETTINGS_CHANGE_EVENT } from '../constants';
 import CONFIG from "../config"
 import { onBeforeInputEvent } from "../keymap"
-import { isMac } from '../detect-platform';
+import { isDev } from '../detect-platform';
 import { initializeAutoUpdate, checkForUpdates } from './auto-update';
 import { fixElectronCors } from './cors';
+import { getBufferFilePath } from './buffer';
 
 
 // The built directory structure
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ export let win: BrowserWindow | null = null
 const preload = join(__dirname, '../preload/index.js')
 const url = process.env.VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL
 const indexHtml = join(process.env.DIST, 'index.html')
-const isDev = !!process.env.VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL
 
 let currentKeymap = CONFIG.get("settings.keymap")
 let contentSaved = false
@@ -210,9 +210,8 @@ ipcMain.handle('dark-mode:set', (event, mode) => {
 
 ipcMain.handle('dark-mode:get', () => nativeTheme.themeSource)
 
-const bufferPath = isDev ? join(app.getPath("userData"), "buffer-dev.txt") : join(app.getPath("userData"), "buffer.txt")
-
-ipcMain.handle('buffer-content:load', async () =>  {
+ipcMain.handle('buffer-content:load', async () => {
+    let bufferPath = getBufferFilePath()
     if (jetpack.exists(bufferPath) === "file") {
         return await jetpack.read(bufferPath, 'utf8')
     } else {
@@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ ipcMain.handle('buffer-content:load', async () =>  {
 });
 
 async function save(content) {
-    return await jetpack.write(bufferPath, content, {
+    return await jetpack.write(getBufferFilePath(), content, {
         atomic: true,
         mode: '600',
     })