diff --git a/src/include/86box/plat.h b/src/include/86box/plat.h
index 3f9b4ff75..05b982216 100644
--- a/src/include/86box/plat.h
+++ b/src/include/86box/plat.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ extern int      plat_getcwd(char *bufp, int max);
 extern int      plat_chdir(char *path);
 extern void     plat_tempfile(char *bufp, char *prefix, char *suffix);
 extern void     plat_get_exe_name(char *s, int size);
+extern void     plat_get_global_config_dir(char* strptr);
 extern void     plat_init_rom_paths(void);
 extern int      plat_dir_check(char *path);
 extern int      plat_dir_create(char *path);
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_newfloppydialog.cpp b/src/qt/qt_newfloppydialog.cpp
index 1cb81d2ce..a445c47d3 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_newfloppydialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_newfloppydialog.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "qt_util.hpp"
 
 extern "C" {
+#include <86box/86box.h>
 #include <86box/plat.h>
 #include <86box/random.h>
 #include <86box/scsi_device.h>
@@ -130,20 +131,20 @@ NewFloppyDialog::NewFloppyDialog(MediaType type, QWidget *parent)
                 Models::AddEntry(model, tr(floppyTypes[i].toUtf8().data()), i);
             }
             ui->fileField->setFilter(
-                tr("All images") % util::DlgFilter({ "86f", "dsk", "flp", "im?", "*fd?" }) % tr("Basic sector images") % util::DlgFilter({ "dsk", "flp", "im?", "img", "*fd?" }) % tr("Surface images") % util::DlgFilter({ "86f" }, true));
+                tr("All images") % util::DlgFilter({ "86f", "dsk", "flp", "im?", "img", "*fd?" }) % tr("Basic sector images") % util::DlgFilter({ "dsk", "flp", "im?", "img", "*fd?" }) % tr("Surface images") % util::DlgFilter({ "86f" }, true));
 
             break;
         case MediaType::Zip:
             for (int i = 0; i < zipTypes.size(); ++i) {
                 Models::AddEntry(model, tr(zipTypes[i].toUtf8().data()), i);
             }
-            ui->fileField->setFilter(tr("ZIP images") % util::DlgFilter({ "im?", "zdi" }, true));
+            ui->fileField->setFilter(tr("ZIP images") % util::DlgFilter({ "im?", "img", "zdi" }, true));
             break;
         case MediaType::Mo:
             for (int i = 0; i < moTypes.size(); ++i) {
                 Models::AddEntry(model, tr(moTypes[i].toUtf8().data()), i);
             }
-            ui->fileField->setFilter(tr("MO images") % util::DlgFilter({ "im?", "mdi" }) % tr("All files") % util::DlgFilter({ "*" }, true));
+            ui->fileField->setFilter(tr("MO images") % util::DlgFilter({ "im?", "img", "mdi" }) % tr("All files") % util::DlgFilter({ "*" }, true));
             break;
     }
 
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@ NewFloppyDialog::onCreate()
 {
     auto      filename = ui->fileField->fileName();
     QFileInfo fi(filename);
+    filename = (fi.isRelative() && !fi.filePath().isEmpty()) ? (usr_path + fi.filePath()) : fi.filePath();
+    ui->fileField->setFileName(filename);
     FileType  fileType;
 
     QProgressDialog progress("Creating floppy image", QString(), 0, 100, this);
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_platform.cpp b/src/qt/qt_platform.cpp
index 812fe97b3..0fe611cbe 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_platform.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_platform.cpp
@@ -629,6 +629,18 @@ plat_chdir(char *path)
     return QDir::setCurrent(QString(path)) ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
+void
+plat_get_global_config_dir(char* strptr)
+{
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    auto dir = QDir(QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation)[0] + "/net.86Box.86Box/");
+#else
+    auto dir = QDir(QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation)[0] + "/86Box/");
+#endif
+    if (!dir.exists()) dir.mkpath(".");
+    strncpy(strptr, dir.canonicalPath().toUtf8().constData(), 1024);
+}
+
 void
 plat_init_rom_paths()
 {
diff --git a/src/unix/unix.c b/src/unix/unix.c
index cc7791a10..4410118f3 100644
--- a/src/unix/unix.c
+++ b/src/unix/unix.c
@@ -810,6 +810,18 @@ plat_init_rom_paths()
 #endif
 }
 
+void
+plat_get_global_config_dir(char *strptr)
+{
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    char* prefPath = SDL_GetPrefPath(NULL, "net.86Box.86Box")
+#else
+    char* prefPath = SDL_GetPrefPath(NULL, "86Box");
+#endif
+    strncpy(strptr, prefPath, 1024);
+    path_slash(strptr);
+}
+
 bool
 process_media_commands_3(uint8_t *id, char *fn, uint8_t *wp, int cmdargc)
 {
diff --git a/src/win/win.c b/src/win/win.c
index 8f4c5bbcd..3d46054a6 100644
--- a/src/win/win.c
+++ b/src/win/win.c
@@ -883,6 +883,26 @@ plat_mmap(size_t size, uint8_t executable)
     return VirtualAlloc(NULL, size, MEM_COMMIT, executable ? PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE : PAGE_READWRITE);
 }
 
+void
+plat_get_global_config_dir(char* strptr)
+{
+    wchar_t appdata_dir[1024] = { L'\0' };
+
+    if (_wgetenv(L"LOCALAPPDATA") && _wgetenv(L"LOCALAPPDATA")[0] != L'\0') {
+        size_t len                 = 0;
+        wcsncpy(appdata_dir, _wgetenv(L"LOCALAPPDATA"), 1024);
+        len = wcslen(appdata_dir);
+        if (appdata_dir[len - 1] != L'\\') {
+            appdata_dir[len]     = L'\\';
+            appdata_dir[len + 1] = L'\0';
+        }
+        wcscat(appdata_dir, L"86box");
+        CreateDirectoryW(appdata_dir, NULL);
+        wcscat(appdata_dir, L"\\");
+        c16stombs(strptr, appdata_dir, 1024);
+    }
+}
+
 void
 plat_init_rom_paths(void)
 {