diff --git a/home/.config/user-dirs.dirs b/home/.config/user-dirs.dirs
index 083d4be..f90b762 100644
--- a/home/.config/user-dirs.dirs
+++ b/home/.config/user-dirs.dirs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 #
 #XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
 XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
-XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/templates"
-XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/public"
+XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/templates"
+XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/public"
 #XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
 XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Media/Music"
 XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Media/Pictures"