diff --git a/home/arrakis/default.nix b/home/arrakis/default.nix
index 0e82594..e5e907c 100644
--- a/home/arrakis/default.nix
+++ b/home/arrakis/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     ../common/programs/kitty.nix
     ../common/programs/syncthing.nix
     ../common/features/colorscheme.nix
+    ../common/features/xdg.nix
   ];
 
   home.sessionVariables = {
@@ -43,4 +44,5 @@
     username = lib.mkDefault "naps62";
     stateVersion = lib.mkDefault "24.05";
   };
+
 }
diff --git a/home/common/features/xdg.nix b/home/common/features/xdg.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f26a248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/common/features/xdg.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ ... }:
+{
+  xdg = {
+    userDirs = {
+      enable = true;
+      createDirectories = true;
+      desktop = null;
+      documents = null;
+      download = "downloads";
+      music = null;
+      pictures = null;
+      publicShare = null;
+      templates = null;
+      videos = null;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home/common/programs/syncthing.nix b/home/common/programs/syncthing.nix
index 3e9fc8d..3013ae4 100644
--- a/home/common/programs/syncthing.nix
+++ b/home/common/programs/syncthing.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 {
   services.syncthing = {
     enable = true;
-    dataDir = "$HOME/sync";
   };
 }