diff --git a/home-manager.nix b/home-manager.nix
index 7329c0d..851b6bb 100644
--- a/home-manager.nix
+++ b/home-manager.nix
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ in
         source = ./home-manager/config/Vorlagen;
         recursive = true;
       };
+      # xdg user dirs
+      ".config/user-dirs.dirs".source = ./home-manager/config/user-dirs.dirs;
+      # xdg user locales
+      ".config/user-dirs.locale".source = ./home-manager/config/user-dirs.locale;
     };
 
   services.mako.enable = true;
diff --git a/home-manager/config/user-dirs.dirs b/home-manager/config/user-dirs.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51849c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/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/Schreibtisch"
+XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
+XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/.config/Vorlagen"
+XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Öffentlich"
+XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Dokumente"
+XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Musik"
+XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Bilder"
+XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
diff --git a/home-manager/config/user-dirs.locale b/home-manager/config/user-dirs.locale
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dd13ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/config/user-dirs.locale
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+de_CH
\ No newline at end of file