diff --git a/git-flow-init b/git-flow-init
index 2650910..f444faa 100644
--- a/git-flow-init
+++ b/git-flow-init
@@ -303,48 +303,6 @@
 		git config gitflow.prefix.versiontag "$prefix"
 	fi
 
-	# Ask the user for gitflow configuration directory (main and hooks )
-	if flag force || \
-	   ! git config --get gitflow.dir.main >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
-	   ! git config --get gitflow.dir.hooks >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		echo
-		echo "Where is the gitflow directory located?"
-	fi
-
-	local dir
-	# Main directory
-	if ! git config --get gitflow.dir.main >/dev/null 2>&1 || flag force; then
-		default_suggestion=$(git config --get gitflow.dir.main || echo .gitflow/)
-		printf "gitflow configuration directory? [$default_suggestion] "
-		if noflag defaults; then
-			read answer
-		else
-			printf "\n"
-		fi
-		[ "$answer" = "-" ] && dir= || dir=${answer:-$default_suggestion}
-		if [ ! -d "$dir" ] ; then
-			mkdir "$dir" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Can not create directory ${dir}"
-		fi
-		git config gitflow.dir.main "$dir"
-	fi
-
-	local subdir
-	# Hooks directory
-	if ! git config --get gitflow.dir.hooks >/dev/null 2>&1 || flag force; then
-		default_suggestion=$(git config --get gitflow.dir.hooks || echo hooks/)
-		printf "gitflow hooks directory? [$default_suggestion] "
-		if noflag defaults; then
-			read answer
-		else
-			printf "\n"
-		fi
-		[ "$answer" = "-" ] && subdir= || subdir=${answer:-$default_suggestion}
-		if [ ! -d "$dir""$subdir" ] ; then
-			mkdir -p "$dir""$subdir"  >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Can not create directory ${dir}${subdir}"
-		fi
-		git config gitflow.dir.hooks "$subdir"
-	fi
-
 	# TODO: what to do with origin?
 }
 
diff --git a/gitflow-common b/gitflow-common
index 12e87eb..292017e 100644
--- a/gitflow-common
+++ b/gitflow-common
@@ -175,18 +175,12 @@
 	git config --get gitflow.prefix.versiontag >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
-gitflow_has_dirs_configured() {
-	git config --get gitflow.dir.main >/dev/null 2>&1      && \
-	git config --get gitflow.dir.hooks >/dev/null 2>&1
-}
-
 gitflow_is_initialized() {
 	gitflow_has_master_configured                    && \
 	gitflow_has_develop_configured                   && \
 	[ "$(git config --get gitflow.branch.master)" !=    \
 	  "$(git config --get gitflow.branch.develop)" ] && \
-	gitflow_has_prefixes_configured                  && \
-	gitflow_has_dirs_configured
+	gitflow_has_prefixes_configured
 }
 
 # loading settings that can be overridden using git config
@@ -195,7 +189,7 @@
 	export MASTER_BRANCH=$(git config --get gitflow.branch.master)
 	export DEVELOP_BRANCH=$(git config --get gitflow.branch.develop)
 	export ORIGIN=$(git config --get gitflow.origin || echo origin)
-	export GITFLOW_CONF_DIR_HOOKS=$(git config --get gitflow.dir.main)$(git config --get gitflow.dir.hooks)
+	export GITFLOW_DIR_HOOKS="$DOT_GIT_DIR"/hooks
 }
 
 #
@@ -336,9 +330,9 @@
 # The hooks should return an exit code 0 on success. Any other return code will result in aborting the git flow process.
 #
 # Naming convention of a hook:
-# <prefix>_<SUB COMMAND>_<SUB ACTION>
+# <prefix>-flow-<SUB COMMAND>-<SUB ACTION>
 # Example for a hook called before the command git flow feature start test is executed:
-# 	pre_feature_start
+# 	pre-flow-feature-start
 #
 do_hook() {
 	local prefix="$1"
@@ -351,12 +345,14 @@
 		die "Hook implementation error - Bad Prefix"
 	fi
 
-	if [ -x ${GITFLOW_CONF_DIR_HOOKS}${prefix}_${SUBCOMMAND}_${SUBACTION} ]; then
-		${GITFLOW_CONF_DIR_HOOKS}${prefix}_${SUBCOMMAND}_${SUBACTION}
+	if [ -x ${GITFLOW_DIR_HOOKS}${prefix}-flow-${SUBCOMMAND}-${SUBACTION} ]; then
+		${GITFLOW_DIR_HOOKS}${prefix}-flow-${SUBCOMMAND}-${SUBACTION}
+
 		return_code=$?
+
+		if [ $return_code -gt 0 ]; then
+			die "Hook command ${prefix}-flow-${SUBCOMMAND}-${SUBACTION} failed. Exit code $return_code"
+		fi
 	fi
 
-	if [ $return_code -gt 0 ]; then
-		die "Hook command ${prefix}_${SUBCOMMAND}_${SUBACTION} failed. Exit code $return_code"
-	fi
 }
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