diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee57a33b4..fa36f444f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ emu
 koreader-*.zip
 koreader-*.apk
 koreader-*.tar.gz
+koreader-*.click
 
 l10n/*
 !l10n/Makefile
@@ -27,11 +28,12 @@ l10n/*
 /.cproject
 /.project
 
-koreader-arm-linux-androideabi
-koreader-arm-linux-gnueabi
-koreader-arm-linux-gnueabihf
-koreader-i686-w64-mingw32
-koreader-x86_64-linux-gnu
-koreader-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
-koreader-arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi
+koreader-android-arm-linux-androideabi
+koreader-kindle-arm-linux-gnueabi
+koreader-kobo-arm-linux-gnueabihf
+koreader-emulator-i686-w64-mingw32
+koreader-emulator-x86_64-linux-gnu
+koreader-emulator-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
+koreader-pocketbook-arm-obreey-linux-gnueabi
+koreader-ubuntu-touch-arm-linux-gnueabihf
 
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b0b7eeae0..81d9eda33 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "platform/android/luajit-launcher"]
 	path = platform/android/luajit-launcher
 	url = https://github.com/koreader/android-luajit-launcher.git
+[submodule "platform/ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-touch-sdl"]
+	path = platform/ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-touch-sdl
+	url = https://github.com/Sturmflut/ubuntu-touch-sdl-template
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4368982e6..a41671c71 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,15 +17,24 @@ else ifeq ($(TARGET), pocketbook)
 endif
 
 MACHINE?=$(shell PATH=$(PATH) $(CC) -dumpmachine 2>/dev/null)
-INSTALL_DIR=koreader-$(MACHINE)
+
+ifdef TARGET
+	DIST:=$(TARGET)
+else
+	DIST:=emulator
+endif
+
+INSTALL_DIR=koreader-$(DIST)-$(MACHINE)
 
 # platform directories
 PLATFORM_DIR=platform
 KINDLE_DIR=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/kindle
 KOBO_DIR=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/kobo
 POCKETBOOK_DIR=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/pocketbook
+UBUNTUTOUCH_DIR=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/ubuntu-touch
 ANDROID_DIR=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/android
 ANDROID_LAUNCHER_DIR:=$(ANDROID_DIR)/luajit-launcher
+UBUNTUTOUCH_SDL_DIR:=$(UBUNTUTOUCH_DIR)/ubuntu-touch-sdl
 WIN32_DIR=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/win32
 
 # files to link from main directory
@@ -221,6 +230,46 @@ pbupdate: all
 		tar czafh ../../koreader-pocketbook-$(MACHINE)-$(VERSION).targz \
 		-T koreader/ota/package.index --no-recursion
 
+utupdate: all
+	# ensure that the binaries were built for ARM
+	file $(INSTALL_DIR)/koreader/luajit | grep ARM || exit 1
+	# remove old package if any
+	rm -f koreader-ubuntu-touch-$(MACHINE)-$(VERSION).click
+
+	ln -sf ../../$(UBUNTUTOUCH_DIR)/koreader.sh $(INSTALL_DIR)/koreader
+	ln -sf ../../$(UBUNTUTOUCH_DIR)/manifest.json $(INSTALL_DIR)/koreader
+	ln -sf ../../$(UBUNTUTOUCH_DIR)/koreader.apparmor $(INSTALL_DIR)/koreader
+	ln -sf ../../$(UBUNTUTOUCH_DIR)/koreader.desktop $(INSTALL_DIR)/koreader
+	ln -sf ../../$(UBUNTUTOUCH_DIR)/koreader.png $(INSTALL_DIR)/koreader
+	ln -sf ../../../$(UBUNTUTOUCH_SDL_DIR)/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSDL2.so $(INSTALL_DIR)/koreader/libs
+
+	# create new package
+	cd $(INSTALL_DIR) && pwd && \
+		zip -9 -r \
+			../koreader-$(DIST)-$(MACHINE)-$(VERSION).zip \
+			koreader -x "koreader/resources/fonts/*" "koreader/ota/*" \
+			"koreader/resources/icons/src/*" "koreader/spec/*"
+
+	# generate update package index file
+	zipinfo -1 koreader-$(DIST)-$(MACHINE)-$(VERSION).zip > \
+		$(INSTALL_DIR)/koreader/ota/package.index
+	echo "koreader/ota/package.index" >> $(INSTALL_DIR)/koreader/ota/package.index
+	# update index file in zip package
+	cd $(INSTALL_DIR) && zip -u ../koreader-$(DIST)-$(MACHINE)-$(VERSION).zip \
+		koreader/ota/package.index
+	# make gzip update for zsync OTA update
+	cd $(INSTALL_DIR) && \
+		tar czafh ../koreader-$(DIST)-$(MACHINE)-$(VERSION).targz \
+		-T koreader/ota/package.index --no-recursion
+
+	# generate ubuntu touch click package
+	rm -rf $(INSTALL_DIR)/tmp && mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)/tmp
+	cd $(INSTALL_DIR)/tmp && \
+		unzip ../../koreader-$(DIST)-$(MACHINE)-$(VERSION).zip && \
+		click build koreader && \
+		mv *.click ../../koreader-$(DIST)-$(MACHINE)-$(VERSION).click
+
+
 androidupdate: all
 	mkdir -p $(ANDROID_LAUNCHER_DIR)/assets/module
 	-rm $(ANDROID_LAUNCHER_DIR)/assets/module/koreader-*
@@ -231,6 +280,19 @@ androidupdate: all
 	cp $(ANDROID_LAUNCHER_DIR)/bin/NativeActivity-debug.apk \
 		koreader-android-$(MACHINE)-$(VERSION).apk
 
+update:
+ifeq ($(TARGET), kindle)
+	make kindleupdate
+else ifeq ($(TARGET), kobo)
+	make koboupdate
+else ifeq ($(TARGET), pocketbook)
+	make pbupdate
+else ifeq ($(TARGET), ubuntu-touch)
+	make utupdate
+else ifeq ($(TARGET), android)
+	make androidupdate
+endif
+
 androiddev: androidupdate
 	$(MAKE) -C $(ANDROID_LAUNCHER_DIR) dev
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d480f2ac..e48c9f13c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ and cross compiling.
 
 Users of Debian and Ubuntu can install the required packages using:
 ```
-sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool gcc-multilib libffi-dev \
+sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool gcc-multilib libffi-dev linux-libc-dev:i386 \
 patch wget unzip git autoconf subversion cmake nasm libsdl1.2-dev luarocks
 ```
 
diff --git a/datastorage.lua b/datastorage.lua
index 8cf2bd24a..35cd1f239 100644
--- a/datastorage.lua
+++ b/datastorage.lua
@@ -1,14 +1,38 @@
 -- need low-level mechnism to detect android to avoid recursive dependency
 local isAndroid = pcall(require, "android")
+local lfs = require("libs/libkoreader-lfs")
 
 local DataStorage = {}
 
 function DataStorage:getDataDir()
+    local data_dir
     if isAndroid then
-        return "/sdcard/koreader/"
+        data_dir = "/sdcard/koreader/"
+    elseif os.getenv("UBUNTU_APPLICATION_ISOLATION") then
+        local app_id = os.getenv("APP_ID")
+        local package_name = app_id:match("^(.-)_")
+        -- confinded ubuntu app has write access to this dir
+        data_dir = os.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME") .. "/" .. package_name
     else
-        return "./"
+        data_dir = "./"
     end
+    if lfs.attributes(data_dir, "mode") ~= "directory" then
+        lfs.mkdir(data_dir)
+    end
+    return data_dir
 end
 
+local function initDataDir()
+    local data_dir = DataStorage:getDataDir()
+    local sub_data_dirs = {"cache", "clipboard", "data", "history", "ota", "screenshots"}
+    for _, dir in ipairs(sub_data_dirs) do
+        local sub_data_dir = data_dir .. "/" .. dir
+        if lfs.attributes(sub_data_dir, "mode") ~= "directory" then
+            lfs.mkdir(sub_data_dir)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+initDataDir()
+
 return DataStorage
diff --git a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagerhistory.lua b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagerhistory.lua
index 22e77505d..1d1f0d416 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagerhistory.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagerhistory.lua
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
 local CenterContainer = require("ui/widget/container/centercontainer")
 local ButtonDialog = require("ui/widget/buttondialog")
 local lfs = require("libs/libkoreader-lfs")
+local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local DocSettings = require("docsettings")
 local Menu = require("ui/widget/menu")
 local Screen = require("device").screen
 local _ = require("gettext")
 
-local history_dir = "./history/"
+local history_dir = DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/history/"
 
 local FileManagerHistory = InputContainer:extend{
     hist_menu_title = _("History"),
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
index 7bc05b87f..7f4b37f9e 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
 local DictQuickLookup = require("ui/widget/dictquicklookup")
 local InfoMessage = require("ui/widget/infomessage")
+local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local Screen = require("device").screen
 local Device = require("device")
@@ -15,11 +16,8 @@ local ReaderDictionary = InputContainer:new{
 
 function ReaderDictionary:init()
     self.ui.menu:registerToMainMenu(self)
-    if Device:isAndroid() then
-        self.data_dir = "/sdcard/koreader/data/dict"
-    else
-        self.data_dir = os.getenv("STARDICT_DATA_DIR") or "data/dict"
-    end
+    self.data_dir = os.getenv("STARDICT_DATA_DIR") or
+        DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/data/dict"
 end
 
 function ReaderDictionary:addToMainMenu(tab_item_table)
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerscreenshot.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerscreenshot.lua
index 346adf2b6..b7284a285 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerscreenshot.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerscreenshot.lua
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
-local Device = require("device")
-local Screen = require("device").screen
+local InfoMessage = require("ui/widget/infomessage")
 local GestureRange = require("ui/gesturerange")
+local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
-local InfoMessage = require("ui/widget/infomessage")
+local Device = require("device")
+local Screen = require("device").screen
 local DEBUG = require("dbg")
 local T = require("ffi/util").template
 local _ = require("gettext")
 
+local screenshots_dir = DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/screenshots/"
+
 local ReaderScreenshot = InputContainer:new{
-    datetime_name = "screenshots/Screenshot_%Y-%b-%d_%H%M%S.png",
+    datetime_name = screenshots_dir .. "Screenshot_%Y-%b-%d_%H%M%S.png",
 }
 
 function ReaderScreenshot:init()
diff --git a/frontend/cache.lua b/frontend/cache.lua
index 5f9b92431..4fb859e79 100644
--- a/frontend/cache.lua
+++ b/frontend/cache.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ A global LRU cache
 ]]--
 local md5 = require("MD5")
 local lfs = require("libs/libkoreader-lfs")
+local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
 local DEBUG = require("dbg")
 
 local function calcFreeMem()
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ local function calcCacheMemSize()
     return math.min(max, math.max(min, calc))
 end
 
-local cache_path = lfs.currentdir().."/cache/"
+local cache_path = DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/cache/"
 
 --[[
 -- return a snapshot of disk cached items for subsequent check
diff --git a/frontend/dbg.lua b/frontend/dbg.lua
index eb540ab84..fea21d785 100644
--- a/frontend/dbg.lua
+++ b/frontend/dbg.lua
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ end
 function Dbg:logEv(ev)
     local log = ev.type.."|"..ev.code.."|"
                 ..ev.value.."|"..ev.time.sec.."|"..ev.time.usec.."\n"
-    self.ev_log:write(log)
-    self.ev_log:flush()
+    if self.ev_log then
+        self.ev_log:write(log)
+        self.ev_log:flush()
+    end
 end
 
 function Dbg:traceback()
diff --git a/frontend/device.lua b/frontend/device.lua
index 504a03255..aeacc5e8e 100644
--- a/frontend/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device.lua
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ local isAndroid, android = pcall(require, "android")
 local util = require("ffi/util")
 
 local function probeDevice()
-    if util.isEmulated() then
-        return require("device/emulator/device")
+    if util.isSDL() then
+        return require("device/sdl/device")
     end
 
     if isAndroid then
diff --git a/frontend/device/generic/device.lua b/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
index 743207806..0f1aabfe6 100644
--- a/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ local Device = {
     isKobo = no,
     isPocketBook = no,
     isAndroid = no,
-    isEmulator = no,
+    isSDL = no,
 
     -- some devices have part of their screen covered by the bezel
     viewport = nil,
diff --git a/frontend/device/emulator/device.lua b/frontend/device/sdl/device.lua
similarity index 89%
rename from frontend/device/emulator/device.lua
rename to frontend/device/sdl/device.lua
index 533eb05de..e924ea519 100644
--- a/frontend/device/emulator/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/sdl/device.lua
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ local function yes() return true end
 local function no() return false end
 
 local Device = Generic:new{
-    model = "Emulator",
-    isEmulator = yes,
+    model = "SDL",
+    isSDL = yes,
     hasKeyboard = yes,
     hasKeys = yes,
     hasDPad = yes,
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ function Device:init()
         self.screen = require("ffi/framebuffer_SDL2_0"):new{device = self, debug = DEBUG}
         self.input = require("device/input"):new{
             device = self,
-            event_map = require("device/emulator/event_map_sdl2"),
+            event_map = require("device/sdl/event_map_sdl2"),
         }
     else
         self.screen = require("ffi/framebuffer_SDL1_2"):new{device = self, debug = DEBUG}
         self.input = require("device/input"):new{
             device = self,
-            event_map = require("device/emulator/event_map_sdl"),
+            event_map = require("device/sdl/event_map_sdl"),
         }
     end
 
diff --git a/frontend/device/emulator/event_map_sdl.lua b/frontend/device/sdl/event_map_sdl.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/device/emulator/event_map_sdl.lua
rename to frontend/device/sdl/event_map_sdl.lua
diff --git a/frontend/device/emulator/event_map_sdl2.lua b/frontend/device/sdl/event_map_sdl2.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/device/emulator/event_map_sdl2.lua
rename to frontend/device/sdl/event_map_sdl2.lua
diff --git a/frontend/docsettings.lua b/frontend/docsettings.lua
index 2b167a8a8..7efe53c70 100644
--- a/frontend/docsettings.lua
+++ b/frontend/docsettings.lua
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 local lfs = require("libs/libkoreader-lfs")
-local DocSettings = {}
-local dump = require("dump")
 local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
+local dump = require("dump")
+
+local DocSettings = {}
+
+local history_dir = DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/history/"
 
 function DocSettings:getHistoryPath(fullpath)
-    return "./history/[" .. fullpath:gsub("(.*/)([^/]+)","%1] %2"):gsub("/","#") .. ".lua"
+    return history_dir .. "[" .. fullpath:gsub("(.*/)([^/]+)","%1] %2"):gsub("/","#") .. ".lua"
 end
 
 function DocSettings:getPathFromHistory(hist_name)
@@ -29,9 +32,6 @@ function DocSettings:open(docfile)
         -- we handle reader setting as special case
         history_path = DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/settings.reader.lua"
     else
-        if lfs.attributes("./history", "mode") ~= "directory" then
-            lfs.mkdir("history")
-        end
         history_path = self:getHistoryPath(docfile)
 
         local sidecar = docfile:match("(.*)%.")..".sdr"
diff --git a/frontend/document/credocument.lua b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
index 4408c15fe..6eddb3c0f 100644
--- a/frontend/document/credocument.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ local Document = require("document/document")
 local Configurable = require("configurable")
 local Blitbuffer = require("ffi/blitbuffer")
 local lfs = require("libs/libkoreader-lfs")
+local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
 local Geom = require("ui/geometry")
 local Device = require("device")
 local Screen = require("device").screen
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ function CreDocument:cacheInit()
     if lfs.attributes("./cr3cache", "mode") == "directory" then
         os.execute("rm -r ./cr3cache")
     end
-    cre.initCache("./cache/cr3cache", 1024*1024*32)
+    cre.initCache(DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/cache/cr3cache", 1024*1024*32)
 end
 
 function CreDocument:engineInit()
diff --git a/frontend/dump.lua b/frontend/dump.lua
index cd1ba9dff..242ca1e08 100644
--- a/frontend/dump.lua
+++ b/frontend/dump.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 simple serialization function, won't do uservalues, functions, loops
 ]]
 
+local isUbuntuTouch = os.getenv("UBUNTU_APPLICATION_ISOLATION") ~= nil
 local insert = table.insert
 
 local function _serialize(what, outt, indent, max_lv, history)
@@ -45,7 +46,17 @@ local function _serialize(what, outt, indent, max_lv, history)
         insert(outt, "}")
     elseif type(what) == "string" then
         insert(outt, string.format("%q", what))
-    elseif type(what) == "number" or type(what) == "boolean" then
+    elseif type(what) == "number" then
+        if isUbuntuTouch then
+            -- FIXME: the `SDL_CreateRenderer` function in Ubuntu touch somehow
+            -- use a strange locale that formats number like this: 1.10000000000000g+02 
+            -- which cannot be recognized by loadfile after the number is dumped.
+            -- Here the workaround is to preserve enough precision in "%.13e" format.
+            insert(outt, string.format("%.13e", what))
+        else
+            insert(outt, tostring(what))
+        end
+    elseif type(what) == "boolean" then
         insert(outt, tostring(what))
     elseif type(what) == "function" then
         insert(outt, "nil --[[ FUNCTION ]]")
diff --git a/frontend/ui/otamanager.lua b/frontend/ui/otamanager.lua
index f8752e30f..4547cf7df 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/otamanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/otamanager.lua
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ local InfoMessage = require("ui/widget/infomessage")
 local ConfirmBox = require("ui/widget/confirmbox")
 local NetworkMgr = require("ui/networkmgr")
 local lfs = require("libs/libkoreader-lfs")
+local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local Device = require("device")
 local DEBUG = require("dbg")
 local T = require("ffi/util").template
 local _ = require("gettext")
 
+local ota_dir = DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/ota/"
+
 local OTAManager = {
     ota_servers = {
         "http://vislab.bjmu.edu.cn:80/apps/koreader/ota/",
@@ -19,9 +22,9 @@ local OTAManager = {
         "nightly",
     },
     zsync_template = "koreader-%s-latest-%s.zsync",
-    installed_package = "ota/koreader.installed.tar",
+    installed_package = ota_dir .. "/koreader.installed.tar",
     package_indexfile = "ota/package.index",
-    updated_package = "ota/koreader.updated.tar",
+    updated_package = ota_dir .. "/koreader.updated.tar",
 }
 
 local ota_channels = {
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ function OTAManager:checkUpdate()
 
     local zsync_file = self:getZsyncFilename()
     local ota_zsync_file = self:getOTAServer() .. zsync_file
-    local local_zsync_file = "ota/" .. zsync_file
+    local local_zsync_file = ota_dir .. zsync_file
     -- download zsync file from OTA server
     DEBUG("downloading zsync file", ota_zsync_file)
     local r, c, h = http.request{
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ function OTAManager:fetchAndProcessUpdate()
                         UIManager:show(ConfirmBox:new{
                             text = _("Error updating KOReader. Would you like to delete temporary files?"),
                             ok_callback = function()
-                                os.execute("rm ota/ko*")
+                                os.execute("rm " .. ota_dir .. "/ko*")
                             end,
                         })
                     end
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ function OTAManager:zsync()
         return os.execute(string.format(
         "./zsync -i %s -o %s -u %s %s",
         self.installed_package, self.updated_package,
-        self:getOTAServer(), "ota/" .. self:getZsyncFilename()
+        self:getOTAServer(), ota_dir .. self:getZsyncFilename()
         ))
     end
 end
diff --git a/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.apparmor b/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.apparmor
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a45b2c473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.apparmor
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "policy_groups": [
+        "networking"
+    ],
+    "read_path": [
+        "@{HOME}/",
+        "/media/*/*/[Dd][Oo][Cc][Uu][Mm][Ee][Nn][Tt][Ss]/",
+        "@{PROC}/*/mounts",
+        "/dev/disk/by-label/"
+    ],
+    "write_path": [
+        "@{HOME}/"
+    ],
+    "policy_version": 1.2
+}
diff --git a/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.desktop b/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cda547bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Koreader
+Comment=Koreader for Ubuntu touch
+Exec=koreader.sh
+Icon=koreader.png
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+MimeType=application/pdf;application/epub+zip
+X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
+X-Ubuntu-Supported-Orientations=portrait
diff --git a/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.png b/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd83d394a
Binary files /dev/null and b/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.png differ
diff --git a/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.sh b/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5682a0002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/ubuntu-touch/koreader.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
+
+# working directory of koreader
+KOREADER_DIR="${0%/*}"
+
+# update to new version from OTA directory
+NEWUPDATE="${KOREADER_DIR}/ota/koreader.updated.tar"
+INSTALLED="${KOREADER_DIR}/ota/koreader.installed.tar"
+if [ -f $NEWUPDATE ]; then
+    # TODO: any graphic indication for the updating progress?
+    cd .. && tar xf $NEWUPDATE && mv $NEWUPDATE $INSTALLED
+fi
+
+# we're always starting from our working directory
+cd $KOREADER_DIR
+
+# export load library path for some old firmware
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${KOREADER_DIR}/libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+# export trained OCR data directory
+export TESSDATA_PREFIX="data"
+
+# export external font directory
+export EXT_FONT_DIR="~/fonts"
+
+# set fullscreen mode
+export SDL_FULLSCREEN=1
+
+./reader.lua -d ~/Documents
+
diff --git a/platform/ubuntu-touch/manifest.json b/platform/ubuntu-touch/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..380ec6917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/ubuntu-touch/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "architecture": "armhf",
+    "description": "An ebook reader application supports PDF, DJVU, EPUB, FB2 and much more, running on Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Ubuntu touch and Android devices",
+    "framework": "ubuntu-sdk-14.10",
+    "hooks": {
+        "koreader": {
+            "apparmor": "koreader.apparmor",
+            "desktop": "koreader.desktop"
+        }
+    },
+    "maintainer": "Huang Xin <chrox.huang@gmail.com>",
+    "name": "org.koreader.koreader",
+    "title": "Koreader for Ubuntu touch",
+    "version": "0.0.1"
+}
diff --git a/platform/ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-touch-sdl b/platform/ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-touch-sdl
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..1d0cd7583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-touch-sdl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1d0cd7583c27025a69e340ac77cab3c53cdef8ba
diff --git a/plugins/evernote.koplugin/main.lua b/plugins/evernote.koplugin/main.lua
index 2734c167c..71bf0348a 100644
--- a/plugins/evernote.koplugin/main.lua
+++ b/plugins/evernote.koplugin/main.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
 local LoginDialog = require("ui/widget/logindialog")
 local InfoMessage = require("ui/widget/infomessage")
-local DocSettings = require("docsettings")
 local NetworkMgr = require("ui/networkmgr")
+local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
+local DocSettings = require("docsettings")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local Screen = require("device").screen
 local Event = require("ui/event")
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ local EvernoteExporter = InputContainer:new{
     notebook_name = _("Koreader Notes"),
     evernote_domain = nil,
     notemarks = _("Note: "),
-    clipping_dir = "./clipboard",
+    clipping_dir = DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/clipboard",
 
     evernote_token,
     notebook_guid,
diff --git a/plugins/statistics.koplugin/main.lua b/plugins/statistics.koplugin/main.lua
index a654dde63..cd9316eb1 100755
--- a/plugins/statistics.koplugin/main.lua
+++ b/plugins/statistics.koplugin/main.lua
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ local DEBUG = require("dbg")
 local T = require("ffi/util").template
 local _ = require("gettext")
 local tableutil = require("tableutil")
+local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
 
-local statistics_dir = "./statistics"
+local statistics_dir = DataStorage:getDataDir() .. "/statistics"
 
 local ReaderStatistics = InputContainer:new {
     last_time = nil,
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ end
 function ReaderStatistics:importFromFile(item)
     item = string.gsub(item, "^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1") --trim
     if lfs.attributes(statistics_dir, "mode") ~= "directory" then
-        lfs.mkdir("statistics")
+        lfs.mkdir(statistics_dir)
     end
     local statisticFile = statistics_dir .. "/" .. item
     local ok, stored = pcall(dofile, statisticFile)