diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2171740..b95defd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OLLIE_ANTHROPIC_KEY=sk-ant-...
 OLLIE_COPILOT_TOKEN=...
 OLLIE_KIRO_TOKEN=...           # bearer token or sqlite:// path (auto-detected from Kiro CLI if unset)
 OLLIE_MODEL=qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b
-OLLIE_TOOLS_PATH=~/.local/share/ollie/tools  # directory for execute_tool scripts
+OLLIE_TOOLS_PATH=~/.config/ollie/tools  # directory for execute_tool scripts
 ```
 
 Shell environment variables take precedence over the env file.
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Controls landrun sandboxing for `execute_code`. Created automatically with defau
 Five built-in tools across two servers:
 
 - `execute_code` — run inline shell code in a sandbox
-- `execute_tool` — run a named tool script from `OLLIE_TOOLS_PATH` (default: `~/.local/share/ollie/tools`)
+- `execute_tool` — run a named tool script from `OLLIE_TOOLS_PATH` (default: `~/.config/ollie/tools`)
 - `execute_pipe` — chain steps as a pipeline
 - `reasoning_think` — externalize intermediate reasoning
 - `reasoning_plan` — decompose a goal into ordered steps; persists to task backend if available, otherwise queued via fallback backend or in-context only
diff --git a/pkg/tools/execute/tool.go b/pkg/tools/execute/tool.go
index 8fcc34c..c33fdca 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/execute/tool.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/execute/tool.go
@@ -14,13 +14,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ToolsPath returns the directory to search for named tool scripts.
-// Resolved in order: OLLIE_TOOLS_PATH env var, then ~/.local/share/ollie/tools.
+// Resolved in order: first entry of OLLIE_TOOLS_PATH (colon-separated),
+// then ~/.config/ollie/tools.
 func ToolsPath() string {
 	if p := os.Getenv("OLLIE_TOOLS_PATH"); p != "" {
+		if i := strings.Index(p, ":"); i >= 0 {
+			p = p[:i]
+		}
 		return p
 	}
 	home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
-	return filepath.Join(home, ".local", "share", "ollie", "tools")
+	return filepath.Join(home, ".config", "ollie", "tools")
 }
 
 // detectLanguage infers the script language from the shebang line.