diff --git a/.config/user-dirs.dirs b/.config/user-dirs.dirs
deleted file mode 100644
index 99113e0..0000000
--- a/.config/user-dirs.dirs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# 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/"
-XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="/mnt/LocalDiskD/Downloads"
-XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
-XDG_MUSIC_DIR="/mnt/LocalDiskD/Music"
-XDG_PICTURES_DIR="/mnt/LocalDiskD/Pictures"
-XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="/mnt/LocalDiskD/Videos"
-XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
-XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
diff --git a/.symlinks b/.symlinks
index 9c5b706..9431bb5 100755
--- a/.symlinks
+++ b/.symlinks
@@ -3,3 +3,22 @@ for i in Downloads Music Pictures Videos
     rm ~/$i
     ln -s $D/$i ~/$i
 end
+
+for i in '# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
+    # If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line youre
+    # interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run.
+    # Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$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="$HOME/"
+    XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="/mnt/LocalDiskD/Downloads"
+    XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
+    XDG_MUSIC_DIR="/mnt/LocalDiskD/Music"
+    XDG_PICTURES_DIR="/mnt/LocalDiskD/Pictures"
+    XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="/mnt/LocalDiskD/Videos"
+    XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
+    XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"'
+    echo $i > ~.config/user-dirs.dir
+end
+