diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ce8ffead..6649fdc6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ byobu (5.62) unreleased; urgency=low
   * usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux:
     - as it turns out, showing the current window name when renaming
       is really annoying
+  * usr/bin/byobu-janitor, usr/lib/byobu/menu,
+    usr/share/byobu/profiles/screenrc: LP: #1244509
+    - customizations of screen configuration should go in
+      $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.screenrc, which will be sourced last; rather than
+      ~/.screenrc (which should be reserved for screen-without-byobu)
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:29:56 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-janitor b/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
index 625a67e4..4228bef1 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ MC=0
 [ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings.tmux" ] || touch "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings.tmux"
 [ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/windows" ] || touch "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/windows"
 [ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/backend" ] || echo "BYOBU_BACKEND=$BYOBU_BACKEND" > "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/backend"
-[ -r "$HOME/.screenrc" ] || touch "$HOME/.screenrc"
+[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.screenrc" ] || touch "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.screenrc"
 [ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.tmux.conf" ] || touch "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.tmux.conf"
 for f in status statusrc; do
 	if [ ! -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/$f" ]; then
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/menu b/usr/lib/byobu/menu
index 09a2bb5e..dc5d5036 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/menu
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/menu
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ __menu_detail() {
 
 __menu() {
 	local bindings esc key text
-	[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" ] && bindings="$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" || bindings="$HOME/.screenrc"
+	[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" ] && bindings="$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" || bindings="$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.screenrc"
 	if grep -qs "^source.*screen-escape-keys$" $bindings 2>/dev/null || grep -qs "^source.*f-keys.screen.disable$" $bindings 2>/dev/null || [ "$1" = "--disable-f-keys" ]; then
 		# Get the second to last byte from the "escape" option
 		esc=`grep "^escape" $bindings | tail -c 3 | head -c 1`
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/screenrc b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/screenrc
index cf11d919..42ee4583 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/screenrc
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/screenrc
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
 
 source $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/profile
 source $BYOBU_WINDOWS
-source $HOME/.screenrc
+source $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.screenrc