diff --git a/src/SaveHistoryTask.h b/src/SaveHistoryTask.h
--- a/src/SaveHistoryTask.h
+++ b/src/SaveHistoryTask.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
     };
 
     QHash<KJob *, SaveJob> _jobSession;
+
+    static QString _saveDialogRecentURL;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/SaveHistoryTask.cpp b/src/SaveHistoryTask.cpp
--- a/src/SaveHistoryTask.cpp
+++ b/src/SaveHistoryTask.cpp
@@ -26,12 +26,17 @@
 
 #include <KMessageBox>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
+#include <KSharedConfig>
+#include <KConfig>
+#include <KConfigGroup>
 
 #include "SessionManager.h"
 #include "Emulation.h"
 
 namespace Konsole {
 
+QString SaveHistoryTask::_saveDialogRecentURL;
+
 SaveHistoryTask::SaveHistoryTask(QObject* parent)
     : SessionTask(parent)
 {
@@ -45,17 +50,29 @@
     //        three then providing a URL for each one will be tedious
 
     // TODO - show a warning ( preferably passive ) if saving the history output fails
-    QFileDialog* dialog = new QFileDialog(QApplication::activeWindow(),
-            QString(),
-            QDir::homePath());
+    QFileDialog* dialog = new QFileDialog(QApplication::activeWindow());
     dialog->setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptSave);
 
     QStringList mimeTypes {
         QStringLiteral("text/plain"),
         QStringLiteral("text/html")
     };
     dialog->setMimeTypeFilters(mimeTypes);
 
+    KSharedConfigPtr konsoleConfig = KSharedConfig::openConfig();
+    auto group = konsoleConfig->group("SaveHistory Settings");
+
+    if (_saveDialogRecentURL.isEmpty()) {
+        const auto list = group.readPathEntry("Recent URLs", QStringList());
+        if (list.isEmpty()) {
+            dialog->setDirectory(QDir::homePath());
+        } else {
+            dialog->setDirectoryUrl(QUrl(list.at(0)));
+        }
+    } else {
+        dialog->setDirectoryUrl(QUrl(_saveDialogRecentURL));
+    }
+
     // iterate over each session in the task and display a dialog to allow the user to choose where
     // to save that session's history.
     // then start a KIO job to transfer the data from the history to the chosen URL
@@ -76,6 +93,10 @@
             continue;
         }
 
+        // Save selected URL for next time
+        _saveDialogRecentURL = url.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename|QUrl::StripTrailingSlash).toString();
+        group.writePathEntry("Recent URLs", _saveDialogRecentURL);
+
         KIO::TransferJob* job = KIO::put(url,
                                          -1,   // no special permissions
                                          // overwrite existing files