diff --git a/.zprofile b/.zprofile
index e69de29..12e9cf6 100644
--- a/.zprofile
+++ b/.zprofile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.local/share/gems"
+export PATH="$PATH:$GEM_HOME"
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 060de86..8ec568a 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ### ENVVARS
+source "$HOME/.zprofile"
 PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/.deno/bin:/usr/games/"
 export PATH
 export EDITOR=nvim