diff --git a/modules/profiles/minimal.nix b/modules/profiles/minimal.nix
index d6245a6..da62cb9 100644
--- a/modules/profiles/minimal.nix
+++ b/modules/profiles/minimal.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ let
     sha256 = "sha256-Btjo+v/xA26CwwFauNmSdJOauIq/yZoBV1Com39nu6E=";
   };
 in {
+  imports = [ ../system/xdg.nix ];
   # Allow Cleanup, nix, & flakes
   nix = {
     autoOptimiseStore = true;
diff --git a/modules/system/xdg.nix b/modules/system/xdg.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ba65f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/system/xdg.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# This was cribed from Hlisser's dotfiles see here
+# https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles/blob/8fe1fbb6e7fc0d2f95fe75cdb9df7eb0595a0047/modules/xdg.nix
+#
+{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
+
+  home-manager.users.james = {
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [ xdg-utils xdg-launch ];
+    xdg.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  environment = {
+    sessionVariables = {
+      # These are the defaults, and xdg.enable does set them, but due to load
+      # order, they're not set before environment.variables are set, which could
+      # cause race conditions.
+      XDG_CACHE_HOME = "$HOME/.cache";
+      XDG_CONFIG_HOME = "$HOME/.config";
+      XDG_DATA_HOME = "$HOME/.local/share";
+      XDG_BIN_HOME = "$HOME/.local/bin";
+    };
+    variables = {
+      # Conform more programs to XDG conventions. The rest are handled by their
+      # respective modules.
+      ASPELL_CONF = ''
+        per-conf $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aspell/aspell.conf;
+        personal $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aspell/en_US.pws;
+        repl $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aspell/en.prepl;
+      '';
+      LESSHISTFILE = "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/lesshst";
+      WGETRC = "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wgetrc";
+    };
+
+  };
+}