diff --git a/packages/cursorless-vscode/src/sidecar/constants.ts b/packages/cursorless-vscode/src/sidecar/constants.ts
index d40f523b87..6c61b2ff78 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-vscode/src/sidecar/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-vscode/src/sidecar/constants.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ import * as os from "os";
 /**
  * The directory where we store everything for Cursorless Everywhere related things.
  */
-export const CURSORLESS_ROOT_DIRECTORY = path.join(os.homedir(), ".cursorless");
+export const CURSORLESS_ROOT_DIRECTORY = path.join(os.homedir(), ".cursorless-new");