diff --git a/dots/.zshrc b/dots/.zshrc
index 07787b2..487205d 100644
--- a/dots/.zshrc
+++ b/dots/.zshrc
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/zsh
 
-source ~/.config/zsh/zsh
+set-xdg-vars() {
+	# Based on https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+	# and https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory
+
+	export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
+	export XDG_BIN_HOME="${HOME}/.local/bin"
+	export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${HOME}/.cache"
+	export XDG_DATA_HOME="${HOME}/.local/share"
+	export XDG_STATE_HOME="${HOME}/.local/state"
+	export XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share:/usr/share"
+	export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg"
+
+	# XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
+	# 	Not set because this is generally resolved by the underlying system,
+	# 	AKA shit can break bad if this is set wrong
+}
+
+set-xdg-vars
+
+export BASE_ZSH_CONFIG_DIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/zsh"
+source "${BASE_ZSH_CONFIG_DIR}/init.zsh"