diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
index 67e611be78..dca5de9b47 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static void frontend_emscripten_get_env(int *argc, char *argv[],
             "%s/retroarch", xdg);
    else if (home)
       snprintf(base_path, sizeof(base_path),
-            "%s/retroarch", home);
+            "%s/.config/retroarch", home);
    else
       snprintf(base_path, sizeof(base_path), "retroarch");
 
diff --git a/pkg/emscripten/webplayer.js b/pkg/emscripten/webplayer.js
index 11f53d9aa3..cac36cbb6c 100644
--- a/pkg/emscripten/webplayer.js
+++ b/pkg/emscripten/webplayer.js
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ function setupFolderStructure()
   FS.createPath('/', '/home/web_user', true, true);
   FS.createPath('/', '/home/web_user/.config', true, true);
   FS.createPath('/', '/home/web_user/.config/retroarch', true, true);
-  FS.createPath('/', '/home/web_user/content', true, true);
-  FS.createPath('/', '/home/web_user/saves', true, true);
-  FS.createPath('/', '/home/web_user/states', true, true);
-  FS.createPath('/', '/home/web_user/system', true, true);
-  FS.createPath('/', '/home/web_user/screenshots', true, true);
 }
 
 function stat(path)
@@ -153,30 +148,7 @@ function startRetroArch()
 
   setupFileSystem();
   setupFolderStructure();
-  cfgFile = '/home/web_user/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg'
 
-  if (!stat(cfgFile))
-  {
-     console.log ("WEBPLAYER: first run, setting defaults");
-     var config = 'input_player1_select = shift\n';
-     var latency = parseInt(document.getElementById('latency').value, 10);
-     if (isNaN(latency)) latency = 96;
-     config += 'audio_latency = ' + latency + '\n'
-     if (document.getElementById('vsync').checked)
-        config += 'video_vsync = true\n';
-     else
-     config += 'video_vsync = false\n';
-     config += 'system_directory = /home/web_user/system/\n';
-     config += 'savefile_directory = /home/web_user/saves/\n';
-     config += 'savestate_directory = /home/web_user/states/\n';
-     config += 'rgui_browser_directory = /home/web_user/content/\n';
-
-     FS.writeFile(cfgFile, config);
-  }
-  else 
-  {
-     console.log ("WEBPLAYER: loading config from " + cfgFile);
-  }
   Module['callMain'](Module['arguments']);
 }
 
@@ -204,18 +176,6 @@ function uploadData(data,name)
 
 }
 
-function dropboxCopy()
-{
-  var data = FS.readFile('/home/web_user/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg',{ encoding: 'utf8' });
-  console.log(data);
-  var dbfs = new BrowserFS.FileSystem.Dropbox(client);
-  BrowserFS.initialize(dbfs);
-  var BFS = new BrowserFS.EmscriptenFS();
-
-  var fs = BrowserFS.BFSRequire('fs');
-  fs.writeFile('retroarch.cfg', data ,{ encoding: 'utf8' });
-}
-
 var Module = 
 {
   noInitialRun: true,