diff --git a/update-notify b/update-notify
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 586291b..627fb17
--- a/update-notify
+++ b/update-notify
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ declare -A KERNELS=(
     [linux-lts]="linux-lts-custom"
     [linux-zen]="linux-zen-custom"
 )
-state_dir="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/check-updates"
+state_dir="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/update-notify"
 
 [[ $threshold =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || { echo "Threshold must be a number" >&2; exit 1; }
 mkdir -p "$state_dir"