diff --git a/.config/user-dirs.dirs b/.config/user-dirs.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..745dc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/user-dirs.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
+# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
+# interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run.
+# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped
+# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an
+# absolute path. No other format is supported.
+#
+XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop/"
+XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
+XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
+XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"
+XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
+XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
+XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
+XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4c004f..2ff0e3c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 !.terminfo
 !.terminfo/**
 !.config/shortkuts.kksrc
+!.config/user-dirs.dirs
 
 # except except
 .config/btop/btop.log
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index c5c7112..08cad67 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ### ENVVARS
 source "$HOME/.zprofile"
+source "$HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs"
 export TIMEFMT=$'\nreal\t%E\nuser\t%U\nsys\t%S\ncpu\t%P'
 export ZSH=$HOME/.zsh
 export CLIPBOARD_NOGUI=0    # wayland only allows GUI apps to use the clipboard.