diff --git a/templates/home-home.nix b/templates/home-home.nix
index ba2ec53..2d50b76 100644
--- a/templates/home-home.nix
+++ b/templates/home-home.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
 
   ];
 
+  xdg.userDirs = {
+    enable = true;
+    createDirectories = true;
+  };
+
   home.sessionVariables = {
     # you can change the default terminal and editor here
     TERMINAL = "${pkgs.ptyxis}/bin/ptyxis";