diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/folder_operations.py b/freqtrade/configuration/folder_operations.py
index d43dd1bf1..2ea9cd268 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/folder_operations.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/folder_operations.py
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ def create_userdata_dir(directory: str) -> str:
         if not subfolder.is_dir():
             subfolder.mkdir(parents=False)
     # TODO: convert this to return Path
-    return str(folder.resolve())
+    return folder
diff --git a/freqtrade/plot/plotting.py b/freqtrade/plot/plotting.py
index dde6f78f0..948964462 100644
--- a/freqtrade/plot/plotting.py
+++ b/freqtrade/plot/plotting.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def generate_plot_filename(pair, ticker_interval) -> str:
     return file_name
 
 
-def store_plot_file(fig, filename: str, auto_open: bool = False) -> None:
+def store_plot_file(fig, filename: str, folder: Path, auto_open: bool = False) -> None:
     """
     Generate a plot html file from pre populated fig plotly object
     :param fig: Plotly Figure to plot
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def store_plot_file(fig, filename: str, auto_open: bool = False) -> None:
     :return: None
     """
 
-    Path("user_data/plots").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    plot(fig, filename=str(Path('user_data/plots').joinpath(filename)),
+    plot(fig, filename=str(folder.joinpath(filename)),
          auto_open=auto_open)
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/test_plotting.py b/freqtrade/tests/test_plotting.py
index 0ebadf720..c80d0e780 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/test_plotting.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/test_plotting.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 from copy import deepcopy
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import plotly.graph_objs as go
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ def test_generate_Plot_filename():
 def test_generate_plot_file(mocker, caplog):
     fig = generage_empty_figure()
     plot_mock = mocker.patch("freqtrade.plot.plotting.plot", MagicMock())
-    store_plot_file(fig, filename="freqtrade-plot-UNITTEST_BTC-5m.html")
+    store_plot_file(fig, filename="freqtrade-plot-UNITTEST_BTC-5m.html",
+                    folder=Path("user_data/plots"))
 
     assert plot_mock.call_count == 1
     assert plot_mock.call_args[0][0] == fig
diff --git a/scripts/plot_dataframe.py b/scripts/plot_dataframe.py
index 034a6f448..04911f93e 100755
--- a/scripts/plot_dataframe.py
+++ b/scripts/plot_dataframe.py
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ def analyse_and_plot_pairs(config: Dict[str, Any]):
             indicators2=config["indicators2"].split(",")
         )
 
-        store_plot_file(fig, generate_plot_filename(pair, config['ticker_interval']))
+        store_plot_file(fig, filename=generate_plot_filename(pair, config['ticker_interval']),
+                        folder=config['user_data_dir'] / "plot")
 
     logger.info('End of ploting process %s plots generated', pair_counter)
 
diff --git a/scripts/plot_profit.py b/scripts/plot_profit.py
index 4290bca45..c83ad1088 100755
--- a/scripts/plot_profit.py
+++ b/scripts/plot_profit.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ def plot_profit(config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     # Create an average close price of all the pairs that were involved.
     # this could be useful to gauge the overall market trend
     fig = generate_profit_graph(plot_elements["pairs"], plot_elements["tickers"], trades)
-    store_plot_file(fig, filename='freqtrade-profit-plot.html', auto_open=True)
+    store_plot_file(fig, filename='freqtrade-profit-plot.html',
+                    folder=config['user_data_dir'] / "plot", auto_open=True)
 
 
 def plot_parse_args(args: List[str]) -> Dict[str, Any]: