diff --git a/aliases.zsh b/aliases.zsh
index 6991a7c..e6cc859 100644
--- a/aliases.zsh
+++ b/aliases.zsh
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ alias extip='curl -LR1fs --compressed https://ipinfo.io/ | jq -Sc'
 alias jjar='java -jar'
 alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME'
 
+function mkcdir () {
+    mkdir -p -- "$1" &&
+    cd -P -- "$1"
+}
+
 if [ -x "$(which lsb_release)" ];
 then
     current_dist=`lsb_release -c -s`
diff --git a/zinit.zsh b/zinit.zsh
index 95f72ed..a8b8100 100644
--- a/zinit.zsh
+++ b/zinit.zsh
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 [ -z "$EDITOR" ] && export EDITOR=sensible-editor
 
+
+[ -r "$HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs" -a \
+    -z "$XDG_DESKTOP_DIR" -a \
+    -z "$XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR" -a \
+    -z "$XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR" -a \
+    -z "$XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR" -a \
+    -z "$XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR" -a \
+    -z "$XDG_MUSIC_DIR" -a \
+    -z "$XDG_PICTURES_DIR" -a \
+    -z "$XDG_VIDEOS_DIR" ] && . "$HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs" && touch $HOME/user-dirs-read-from-zinit
 export MAILCHECK=1
 
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