diff --git a/calmwm.h b/calmwm.h
index 87be644..256ce9e 100644
--- a/calmwm.h
+++ b/calmwm.h
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ struct conf {
 	char		 	*menucolor[CWM_COLOR_MENU_MAX];
 	char			 termpath[MAXPATHLEN];
 	char			 lockpath[MAXPATHLEN];
+	char			 known_hosts[MAXPATHLEN];
 #define	CONF_FONT			"sans-serif:pixelsize=14:bold"
 	char			*font;
 };
diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 9bdea9b..d1cbbf8 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ conf_init(struct conf *c)
 	(void)strlcpy(c->termpath, "xterm", sizeof(c->termpath));
 	(void)strlcpy(c->lockpath, "xlock", sizeof(c->lockpath));
 
+	(void)snprintf(c->known_hosts, sizeof(c->known_hosts), "%s/%s",
+	    homedir, ".ssh/known_hosts");
+
 	c->font = xstrdup(CONF_FONT);
 }
 
diff --git a/kbfunc.c b/kbfunc.c
index d62867d..452ca0a 100644
--- a/kbfunc.c
+++ b/kbfunc.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 #include "calmwm.h"
 
-#define KNOWN_HOSTS	".ssh/known_hosts"
 #define HASH_MARKER	"|1|"
 
 extern char		**cwm_argv;
@@ -325,17 +324,15 @@ kbfunc_ssh(struct client_ctx *cc, union arg *arg)
 	struct menu_q		 menuq;
 	FILE			*fp;
 	char			*buf, *lbuf, *p;
-	char			 hostbuf[MAXHOSTNAMELEN], filename[MAXPATHLEN];
+	char			 hostbuf[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
 	char			 cmd[256];
 	int			 l;
 	size_t			 len;
 
-	l = snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/%s", homedir, KNOWN_HOSTS);
-	if (l == -1 || l >= sizeof(filename))
-		return;
-
-	if ((fp = fopen(filename, "r")) == NULL)
+	if ((fp = fopen(Conf.known_hosts, "r")) == NULL) {
+		warn("kbfunc_ssh: %s", Conf.known_hosts);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	TAILQ_INIT(&menuq);
 	lbuf = NULL;