diff --git a/scripts/install-gothic.sh b/scripts/install-gothic.sh
index 59008f1..4905f58 100755
--- a/scripts/install-gothic.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-gothic.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o xtrace
 set -o errexit
 
-downloaddir=~/download/gothic
+downloaddir="${XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/gothic
 
 mkdir -p "${downloaddir}"
 cd "${downloaddir}"
diff --git a/scripts/install-gothic2.sh b/scripts/install-gothic2.sh
index 40bd00d..4fcc8a7 100755
--- a/scripts/install-gothic2.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-gothic2.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export WINEARCH=win64
 
 export WINEVERSION=6.3
 
-DOWNLOADDIR=~/download/gothic2
+DOWNLOADDIR="${XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR}"/gothic2
 
 mkdir -p "${WINEPREFIX}"
 
diff --git a/zsh/zprofile.j2 b/zsh/zprofile.j2
index 520bdd0..022ebe0 100644
--- a/zsh/zprofile.j2
+++ b/zsh/zprofile.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
 export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
 export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.local/state"
 
+XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/download"
+
 export XAUTHORITY="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"/Xauthority
 
 export RUSTUP_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/rustup