diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/bin/jbang b/ui/desktop/src/bin/jbang
index d06edbf61bb8..c49b80025e1e 100755
--- a/ui/desktop/src/bin/jbang
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/bin/jbang
@@ -20,31 +20,38 @@ trap 'log "An error occurred. Exiting with status $?."' ERR
 
 log "Starting jbang setup script."
 
-# Ensure ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin exists
-log "Creating directory ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin if it does not exist."
-mkdir -p ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin
+if [ -n "${GOOSE_PATH_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+    RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR="${GOOSE_PATH_ROOT}/config"
+else
+    RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR="${HOME}/.config/goose"
+fi
+MCP_HERMIT_DIR="${RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR}/mcp-hermit"
+
+# Ensure mcp-hermit/bin exists
+log "Creating directory ${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin if it does not exist."
+mkdir -p "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin"
 
-# Change to the ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit directory
-log "Changing to directory ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit."
-cd ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit
+# Change to the mcp-hermit directory
+log "Changing to directory ${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}."
+cd "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}"
 
 # Check if hermit binary exists and download if not
-if [ ! -f ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit ]; then
+if [ ! -f "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit" ]; then
     log "Hermit binary not found. Downloading hermit binary."
     curl -fsSL "https://github.com/cashapp/hermit/releases/download/stable/hermit-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/').gz" \
-        | gzip -dc > ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit && chmod +x ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit
+        | gzip -dc > "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit" && chmod +x "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit"
     log "Hermit binary downloaded and made executable."
 else
     log "Hermit binary already exists. Skipping download."
 fi
 
 log "setting hermit cache to be local for MCP servers"
-mkdir -p ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache
-export HERMIT_STATE_DIR=~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache
+mkdir -p "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/cache"
+export HERMIT_STATE_DIR="${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/cache"
 
 # Update PATH
-export PATH=~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin:$PATH
-log "Updated PATH to include ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin."
+export PATH="${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin:${PATH}"
+log "Updated PATH to include ${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin."
 
 # Initialize hermit
 log "Initializing hermit."
@@ -55,10 +62,10 @@ log "Installing OpenJDK with hermit."
 hermit install openjdk@17 >> "$LOG_FILE"
 
 # Download and install jbang if not present
-if [ ! -f ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/jbang ]; then
+if [ ! -f "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/jbang" ]; then
     log "Downloading and installing jbang."
     curl -Ls https://sh.jbang.dev | bash -s - app setup
-    cp ~/.jbang/bin/jbang ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/
+    cp ~/.jbang/bin/jbang "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/"
 fi
 
 # Verify installations
@@ -86,4 +93,4 @@ jbang --quiet trust add *
 log "Executing 'jbang' command with arguments: $*"
 jbang --fresh --quiet "$@" || log "Failed to execute 'jbang' with arguments: $*"
 
-log "jbang setup script completed successfully."
\ No newline at end of file
+log "jbang setup script completed successfully."
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/bin/node-setup-common.sh b/ui/desktop/src/bin/node-setup-common.sh
index 34353034eab1..d9d55d5601da 100755
--- a/ui/desktop/src/bin/node-setup-common.sh
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/bin/node-setup-common.sh
@@ -23,32 +23,40 @@ trap 'log "An error occurred. Exiting with status $?."' ERR
 
 log "Starting node setup (common)."
 
+if [ -n "${GOOSE_PATH_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+    RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR="${GOOSE_PATH_ROOT}/config"
+else
+    RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR="${HOME}/.config/goose"
+fi
+MCP_HERMIT_DIR="${RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR}/mcp-hermit"
+
 # One-time cleanup for existing Linux users to fix locking issues
-CLEANUP_MARKER="${HOME}/.config/goose/.mcp-hermit-cleanup-v1"
+CLEANUP_MARKER="${RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR}/.mcp-hermit-cleanup-v1"
 if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]] && [ ! -f "${CLEANUP_MARKER}" ]; then
     log "Performing one-time cleanup of old mcp-hermit directory to fix locking issues."
-    if [ -d "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit" ]; then
-        rm -rf "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit"
+    if [ -d "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}" ]; then
+        rm -rf "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}"
         log "Removed old mcp-hermit directory."
     fi
+    mkdir -p "${RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR}"
     touch "${CLEANUP_MARKER}"
     log "Cleanup completed. Marker file created."
 fi
 
-# Ensure ${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin exists
-log "Creating directory ${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin if it does not exist."
-mkdir -p "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin"
+# Ensure mcp-hermit/bin exists
+log "Creating directory ${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin if it does not exist."
+mkdir -p "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin"
 
-# Change to the ${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit directory
-log "Changing to directory ${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit."
-cd "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit"
+# Change to the mcp-hermit directory
+log "Changing to directory ${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}."
+cd "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}"
 
 
 # Check if hermit binary exists and download if not
-if [ ! -f "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit" ]; then
     log "Hermit binary not found. Downloading hermit binary."
     curl -fsSL "https://github.com/cashapp/hermit/releases/download/stable/hermit-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/').gz" \
-        | gzip -dc > "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit" && chmod +x "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit"
+        | gzip -dc > "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit" && chmod +x "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit"
     log "Hermit binary downloaded and made executable."
 else
     log "Hermit binary already exists. Skipping download."
@@ -56,13 +64,13 @@ fi
 
 
 log "setting hermit cache to be local for MCP servers"
-mkdir -p "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache"
-export HERMIT_STATE_DIR="${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache"
+mkdir -p "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/cache"
+export HERMIT_STATE_DIR="${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/cache"
 
 
 # Update PATH
-export PATH="${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin:${PATH}"
-log "Updated PATH to include ${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin."
+export PATH="${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin:${PATH}"
+log "Updated PATH to include ${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin."
 
 
 # Verify hermit installation
@@ -78,7 +86,7 @@ if [ ! -f "bin/activate-hermit" ]; then
         log "Creating temp dir with bin subdirectory for hermit copy to avoid self-update locks."
         HERMIT_TMP_DIR="/tmp/hermit_tmp_$$/bin"
         mkdir -p "${HERMIT_TMP_DIR}"
-        cp "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit" "${HERMIT_TMP_DIR}/hermit"
+        cp "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit" "${HERMIT_TMP_DIR}/hermit"
         chmod +x "${HERMIT_TMP_DIR}/hermit"
         export PATH="${HERMIT_TMP_DIR}:${PATH}"
         HERMIT_CLEANUP_DIR="/tmp/hermit_tmp_$$"
@@ -124,10 +132,10 @@ if [ -n "${GOOSE_NPM_REGISTRY:-}" ] && curl -s --head --fail "${GOOSE_NPM_REGIST
     # Check if GOOSE_NPM_CERT is set and accessible
     if [ -n "${GOOSE_NPM_CERT:-}" ] && curl -s --head --fail "${GOOSE_NPM_CERT}" > /dev/null; then
         log "Downloading certificate from: ${GOOSE_NPM_CERT}"
-        curl -sSL -o "${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cert.pem" "${GOOSE_NPM_CERT}"
+        curl -sSL -o "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/cert.pem" "${GOOSE_NPM_CERT}"
         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
             log "Certificate downloaded successfully."
-            export NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS="${HOME}/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cert.pem"
+            export NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS="${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/cert.pem"
         else
             log "Unable to download the certificate. Skipping certificate setup."
         fi
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/bin/uvx b/ui/desktop/src/bin/uvx
index b0f1bdbed643..3a9d5f7718d0 100755
--- a/ui/desktop/src/bin/uvx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/bin/uvx
@@ -20,19 +20,26 @@ trap 'log "An error occurred. Exiting with status $?."' ERR
 
 log "Starting uvx setup script."
 
-# Ensure ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin exists
-log "Creating directory ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin if it does not exist."
-mkdir -p ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin
+if [ -n "${GOOSE_PATH_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+    RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR="${GOOSE_PATH_ROOT}/config"
+else
+    RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR="${HOME}/.config/goose"
+fi
+MCP_HERMIT_DIR="${RESOLVED_GOOSE_CONFIG_DIR}/mcp-hermit"
+
+# Ensure mcp-hermit/bin exists
+log "Creating directory ${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin if it does not exist."
+mkdir -p "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin"
 
-# Change to the ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit directory
-log "Changing to directory ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit."
-cd ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit
+# Change to the mcp-hermit directory
+log "Changing to directory ${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}."
+cd "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}"
 
 # Check if hermit binary exists and download if not
-if [ ! -f ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit ]; then
+if [ ! -f "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit" ]; then
     log "Hermit binary not found. Downloading hermit binary."
     curl -fsSL "https://github.com/cashapp/hermit/releases/download/stable/hermit-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/').gz" \
-        | gzip -dc > ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit && chmod +x ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit
+        | gzip -dc > "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit" && chmod +x "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin/hermit"
     log "Hermit binary downloaded and made executable."
 else
     log "Hermit binary already exists. Skipping download."
@@ -40,12 +47,12 @@ fi
 
 
 log "setting hermit cache to be local for MCP servers"
-mkdir -p ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache
-export HERMIT_STATE_DIR=~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache
+mkdir -p "${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/cache"
+export HERMIT_STATE_DIR="${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/cache"
 
 # Update PATH
-export PATH=~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin:$PATH
-log "Updated PATH to include ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin."
+export PATH="${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin:${PATH}"
+log "Updated PATH to include ${MCP_HERMIT_DIR}/bin."
 
 
 # Verify hermit installation
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
index bd1086fb2691..39c716c7d426 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ let appConfig = {
   GOOSE_DEFAULT_MODEL: defaultModel,
   GOOSE_PREDEFINED_MODELS: predefinedModels,
   GOOSE_API_HOST: 'http://127.0.0.1',
+  GOOSE_PATH_ROOT: process.env.GOOSE_PATH_ROOT,
   GOOSE_WORKING_DIR: '',
   // If GOOSE_ALLOWLIST_WARNING env var is not set, defaults to false (strict blocking mode)
   GOOSE_ALLOWLIST_WARNING: process.env.GOOSE_ALLOWLIST_WARNING === 'true',
@@ -486,7 +487,9 @@ const createChat = async (
   const goosedResult = await startGoosed({
     serverSecret,
     dir: dir || os.homedir(),
-    env: { GOOSE_PATH_ROOT: process.env.GOOSE_PATH_ROOT },
+    env: {
+      GOOSE_PATH_ROOT: process.env.GOOSE_PATH_ROOT,
+    },
     externalGoosed: settings.externalGoosed,
     isPackaged: app.isPackaged,
     resourcesPath: app.isPackaged ? process.resourcesPath : undefined,
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/recipe/recipe_management.ts b/ui/desktop/src/recipe/recipe_management.ts
index 8129a119a4df..a47437de3878 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/recipe/recipe_management.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/recipe/recipe_management.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ export const convertToLocaleDateString = (lastModified: string): string => {
 
 export const getStorageDirectory = (isGlobal: boolean): string => {
   if (isGlobal) {
+    const pathRoot = window.appConfig.get('GOOSE_PATH_ROOT') as string | undefined;
+    if (pathRoot) {
+      return `${pathRoot}/config/recipes`;
+    }
     return '~/.config/goose/recipes';
   } else {
     // For directory recipes, build absolute path using working directory