diff --git a/.zprofile b/.zprofile
index e69de29..3ced297 100644
--- a/.zprofile
+++ b/.zprofile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.local/share/gems"
+export PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/.deno/bin:/usr/games/:$GEM_HOME/bin"
+export EDITOR=nvim
+export editor=nvim
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=~/.config
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 060de86..0c52f95 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 ### ENVVARS
-PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/.deno/bin:/usr/games/"
-export PATH
-export EDITOR=nvim
-export editor=nvim
-export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=~/.config
+source "$HOME/.zprofile"
 export TIMEFMT=$'\nreal\t%E\nuser\t%U\nsys\t%S\ncpu\t%P'
 export ZSH=$HOME/.zsh
 export CLIPBOARD_NOGUI=1    # wayland only allows GUI apps to use the clipboard.