diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c00e06dfb..f85c9e3db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ IF(BUILD_LIBRARY)
     install(DIRECTORY images DESTINATION ${DFHACK_USERDOC_DESTINATION})
 endif()
 
+install(DIRECTORY dfhack-config DESTINATION .)
+
 #build the plugins
 IF(BUILD_PLUGINS)
     add_subdirectory (plugins)
diff --git a/Readme.rst b/Readme.rst
index d4d2c7eb8..3870635ce 100644
--- a/Readme.rst
+++ b/Readme.rst
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ Options:
  ``dwarfmonitor prefs``:
     Show dwarf preferences summary
  ``dwarfmonitor reload``:
-    Reload configuration file (``hack/config/dwarfmonitor.json``)
+    Reload configuration file (``dfhack-config/dwarfmonitor.json``)
 
 Configuration options:
 
diff --git a/dfhack-config/dwarfmonitor.json b/dfhack-config/dwarfmonitor.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a96eb4c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dfhack-config/dwarfmonitor.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"date_format": "y-m-d"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/dwarfmonitor.cpp b/plugins/dwarfmonitor.cpp
index b9e239ac7..4d9b452ce 100644
--- a/plugins/dwarfmonitor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/dwarfmonitor.cpp
@@ -1849,7 +1849,7 @@ DFhackCExport command_result plugin_enable(color_ostream &out, bool enable)
 static bool load_config (color_ostream &out)
 {
     jsonxx::Object o;
-    std::ifstream infile("hack/config/dwarfmonitor.json");
+    std::ifstream infile("dfhack-config/dwarfmonitor.json");
     if (infile.good())
     {
         std::string contents((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(infile)), (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>()));