diff --git a/.config/directories b/.config/directories
index 250a3b79..2d40b501 100644
--- a/.config/directories
+++ b/.config/directories
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # You can add comments to these files with #
-d	  ~/Documents
-D	  ~/Downloads
-h	  ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/}
-m	  ~/Music
-pp	~/Pictures
-vv	~/Videos
+d	  ${XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR:-$HOME/Documents}
+D	  ${XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR:-$HOME/Downloads}
+h	  ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME}
+m	  ${XDG_MUSIC_DIR:-$HOME/Music}
+pp	${XDG_PICTURES_DIR:-$HOME/Pictures
+vv	${XDG_VIDEOS_DIR:-$HOME/Videos
 cf	${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}
 cac ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}
 mn	/mnt
-sc 	~/.local/bin
+sc 	${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.local/bin}