diff -up konsole-17.08.1/src/History.cpp.history konsole-17.08.1/src/History.cpp
--- konsole-17.08.1/src/History.cpp.history	2017-09-30 08:21:27.365926716 -0500
+++ konsole-17.08.1/src/History.cpp	2017-09-30 08:22:31.013042882 -0500
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ HistoryFile::HistoryFile() :
         }
 
         KConfigGroup configGroup = appConfig->group("FileLocation");
-        if (configGroup.readEntry("scrollbackUseCacheLocation", false)) {
+        if (configGroup.readEntry("scrollbackUseCacheLocation", true)) {
             fileLocation = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation);
         } else if (configGroup.readEntry("scrollbackUseSpecifiedLocation", false)) {
             const QUrl specifiedUrl = KonsoleSettings::scrollbackUseSpecifiedLocationDirectory();
diff -up konsole-17.08.1/src/settings/konsole.kcfg.history konsole-17.08.1/src/settings/konsole.kcfg
--- konsole-17.08.1/src/settings/konsole.kcfg.history	2017-09-02 04:25:14.000000000 -0500
+++ konsole-17.08.1/src/settings/konsole.kcfg	2017-09-30 08:21:27.366926734 -0500
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@
   <group name="FileLocation">
     <entry name="scrollbackUseSystemLocation" type="Bool">
       <label>For scrollback files, use system-wide folder location</label>
-      <default>true</default>
+      <default>false</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="scrollbackUseCacheLocation" type="Bool">
       <label>For scrollback files, use user's specific folder location</label>
-      <default>false</default>
+      <default>true</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="scrollbackUseSpecifiedLocation" type="Bool">
       <label>For scrollback files, use specified folder location</label>