diff --git a/Rocky-8-XFCE.ks b/Rocky-8-XFCE.ks
index 8dc5708..2e8f08f 100644
--- a/Rocky-8-XFCE.ks
+++ b/Rocky-8-XFCE.ks
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ chmod +x /home/liveuser/Desktop/liveinst.desktop
 # move to anaconda - probably not required for XFCE.
 mv /usr/share/applications/liveinst.desktop /usr/share/applications/anaconda.desktop
 
+cat > ~liveuser/.profile << PROFILE_EOF
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="\\\${XDG_DATA_DIRS}:\\\${HOME}/Desktop"
+PROFILE_EOF
+
 # this goes at the end after all other changes. 
 chown -R liveuser:liveuser /home/liveuser
 restorecon -R /home/liveuser