diff --git a/.config/aliasrc b/.config/aliasrc
index 57b6f63..c30f25e 100644
--- a/.config/aliasrc
+++ b/.config/aliasrc
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ alias mpv="mpv --input-ipc-server=/tmp/mpvsoc$(date +%s)"
 alias \
 	magit="nvim -c MagitOnly" \
 	ref="shortcuts >/dev/null; source ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:$HOME/.config}/shortcutrc" \
-	weath="less -S ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" \
+	weath="less -S ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" \
diff --git a/.config/i3/config b/.config/i3/config
index 36c8aba..ef8077f 100644
--- a/.config/i3/config
+++ b/.config/i3/config
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ for_window [title="mpvfloat"] border pixel 0
 no_focus [title="mpvfloat"]
 
 # #---Function Buttons---# #
-bindsym $mod+F1		exec --no-startup-id groff -mom ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/readme.mom -Tpdf | zathura -
+bindsym $mod+F1		exec --no-startup-id groff -mom ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/readme.mom -Tpdf | zathura -
 bindsym $mod+F2		restart
 bindsym $mod+F3		exec --no-startup-id displayselect
 bindsym $mod+F4		exec --no-startup-id prompt "Hibernate computer?" "$hibernate"
diff --git a/.config/ncmpcpp/config b/.config/ncmpcpp/config
index c9bcced..1e9f466 100644
--- a/.config/ncmpcpp/config
+++ b/.config/ncmpcpp/config
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ncmpcpp_directory = ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:$HOME/.config}/ncmpcpp
 ## MPD clients (eg. ncmpc) also use that location.
 ##
 #
-lyrics_directory = ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/lyrics
+lyrics_directory = ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/lyrics
 #
 ##### connection settings #####
 #
diff --git a/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc b/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
index a43e582..ffef0b4 100644
--- a/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
+++ b/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ XF86MyComputer
 
 # Function keys
 super + shift + F1
-	grep LARBSWELCOME ~/.xprofile && ( sed -i "/LARBSWELCOME/d" ~/.xprofile && notify-send "LARBS welcome message" "Welcome message disabled. Press Super+Shift+F1 again to reverse." ) || ( echo "notify-send -i "${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/larbs.png" \"Welcome to LARBS\" \"Press super+F1 for the help menu.\" # LARBSWELCOME" >> ~/.xprofile && notify-send "LARBS welcome message" "Welcome message re-enabled." )
+	grep LARBSWELCOME ~/.xprofile && ( sed -i "/LARBSWELCOME/d" ~/.xprofile && notify-send "LARBS welcome message" "Welcome message disabled. Press Super+Shift+F1 again to reverse." ) || ( echo "notify-send -i "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/larbs.png" \"Welcome to LARBS\" \"Press super+F1 for the help menu.\" # LARBSWELCOME" >> ~/.xprofile && notify-send "LARBS welcome message" "Welcome message re-enabled." )
 # Show readme
 super + F1
-	groff -mom ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/readme.mom -Tpdf | zathura -
+	groff -mom ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/readme.mom -Tpdf | zathura -
 # F2 restarts either dwm or i3 and is bound in each.
 # Change display
 super + F3
diff --git a/.local/bin/dmenuunicode b/.local/bin/dmenuunicode
index 6740be4..15799a3 100755
--- a/.local/bin/dmenuunicode
+++ b/.local/bin/dmenuunicode
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Must have xclip installed to even show menu.
 xclip -h 2>/dev/null || exit 1
 
-chosen=$(cut -d ';' -f1 ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/emoji | dmenu -i -l 20 | sed "s/ .*//")
+chosen=$(cut -d ';' -f1 ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/emoji | dmenu -i -l 20 | sed "s/ .*//")
 
 [ "$chosen" != "" ] || exit
 
diff --git a/.local/bin/getkeys b/.local/bin/getkeys
index a1113f1..0a0e86e 100755
--- a/.local/bin/getkeys
+++ b/.local/bin/getkeys
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-cat ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/getkeys/"$1" 2>/dev/null && exit
+cat ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/getkeys/"$1" 2>/dev/null && exit
 echo "Run command with one of the following arguments for info about that program:"
-ls ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/getkeys
+ls ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/getkeys
diff --git a/.local/bin/i3cmds/toggle-welcome b/.local/bin/i3cmds/toggle-welcome
index 1f08eb1..517c301 100755
--- a/.local/bin/i3cmds/toggle-welcome
+++ b/.local/bin/i3cmds/toggle-welcome
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Toggles the LARBS welcome message.
 
-PIC="${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/larbs.png"
+PIC="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/larbs.png"
 
 grep LARBSWELCOME "$HOME/.xprofile" &&
 	( sed -i "/LARBSWELCOME/d" ~/.xprofile && notify-send -i "$PIC" "LARBS welcome message" "Welcome message disabled. Press Super+Shift+F1 again to reverse." ) ||
diff --git a/.local/bin/podentr b/.local/bin/podentr
index e2fec46..9a8313a 100755
--- a/.local/bin/podentr
+++ b/.local/bin/podentr
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 [ "$(pgrep -x $(basename $0) | wc -l)" -gt 2 ] && exit
 
-echo ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/newsboat/queue | entr -p queueandnotify 2>/dev/null
+echo ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/newsboat/queue | entr -p queueandnotify 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/.local/bin/queueandnotify b/.local/bin/queueandnotify
index 002c2a3..a54b13e 100755
--- a/.local/bin/queueandnotify
+++ b/.local/bin/queueandnotify
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Podboat sucks. This script replaces it.
 # It reads the newsboat queue, queuing downloads with taskspooler.
 # It also removes the junk from extentions.
-queuefile="${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/newsboat/queue"
+queuefile="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/newsboat/queue"
 
 while read -r line; do
 	[ -z "$line" ] && continue
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/help b/.local/bin/statusbar/help
index d05a90c..c1f1caa 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/help
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/help
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
-    1) groff -mom ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/readme.mom -Tpdf | zathura - ;;
+    1) groff -mom ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/readme.mom -Tpdf | zathura - ;;
     2) i3 restart ;;
     3) pgrep -x dunst >/dev/null && notify-send "❓ Help module" "\- Left click to open LARBS guide.
 - Middle click to refresh i3.";;
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/mailbox b/.local/bin/statusbar/mailbox
index 28deb45..49630ad 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/mailbox
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/mailbox
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
 - Middle click syncs mail" ;;
 esac
 
-unread="$(find ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/mail/*/INBOX/new/* -type f | wc -l 2>/dev/null)"
+unread="$(find ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/mail/*/INBOX/new/* -type f | wc -l 2>/dev/null)"
 
 icon="$(cat "/tmp/imapsyncicon_$USER")"
 
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/weather b/.local/bin/statusbar/weather
index 8c85857..59198a0 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/weather
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/weather
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@
 # You could set up a shell alias to view the full file in a pager in the
 # terminal if desired. This function will only be run once a day when needed.
 getforecast() { ping -q -c 1 1.1.1.1 >/dev/null &&
-curl -sf "wttr.in/$LOCATION" > "${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" || exit 1 ;}
+curl -sf "wttr.in/$LOCATION" > "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" || exit 1 ;}
 
 # Some very particular and terse stream manipulation. We get the maximum
 # precipication chance and the daily high and low from the downloaded file and
 # display them with coresponding emojis.
-showweather() { printf "%s" "$(sed '16q;d' "${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" |
+showweather() { printf "%s" "$(sed '16q;d' "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" |
 	grep -wo "[0-9]*%" | sort -rn | sed "s/^/☔ /g;1q" | tr -d '\n')"
-sed '13q;d' "${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" | grep -o "m\\([-+]\\)*[0-9]\\+" | sort -n -t 'm' -k 2n | sed -e 1b -e '$!d' | tr '\n|m' ' ' | awk '{print " ❄️",$1 "°","🌞",$2 "°"}' ;}
+sed '13q;d' "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" | grep -o "m\\([-+]\\)*[0-9]\\+" | sort -n -t 'm' -k 2n | sed -e 1b -e '$!d' | tr '\n|m' ' ' | awk '{print " ❄️",$1 "°","🌞",$2 "°"}' ;}
 
 # The BLOCK_BUTTON bloat for clicking in i3.
 case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
-    1) $TERMINAL -e less -Srf "${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" ;;
+    1) $TERMINAL -e less -Srf "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" ;;
     2) getforecast && showweather ;;
     3) pgrep -x dunst >/dev/null && notify-send "🌈 Weather module" "\- Left click for full forecast.
 - Middle click to update forecast.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ esac
 
 # The test if our forcecast is updated to the day. If it isn't download a new
 # weather report from wttr.in with the above function.
-[ "$(stat -c %y "${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1)" = "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')" ] ||
+[ "$(stat -c %y "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/weatherreport" 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1)" = "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')" ] ||
 	getforecast
 
 showweather
diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index d067c73..39ff1d4 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Adds `~/.local/bin` to $PATH
 export PATH="$PATH:$(du "$HOME/.local/bin/" | cut -f2 | tr '\n' ':' | sed 's/:*$//')"
 
-# Get default LARBS WM from ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/wm
-export LARBSWM="$(cat ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/wm 2>/dev/null)" &&
+# Get default LARBS WM from ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/wm
+export LARBSWM="$(cat ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/wm 2>/dev/null)" &&
 	[ "$LARBSWM" = "dwm" ] || export LARBSWM="i3"
 
 # Default programs:
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ export LESSHISTFILE="-"
 export WGETRC="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:$HOME/.config}/wget/wgetrc"
 export INPUTRC="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:$HOME/.config}/inputrc"
 export ZDOTDIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:$HOME/.config}/zsh"
-export PASSWORD_STORE_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/password-store"
+export PASSWORD_STORE_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/password-store"
 export TMUX_TMPDIR="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
 export ANDROID_SDK_HOME="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:$HOME/.config}/android"
-export CARGO_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/cargo"
+export CARGO_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/cargo"
 
 # Other program settings:
 export DICS="/usr/share/stardict/dic/"
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ export LESS_TERMCAP_ue="$(printf '%b' '')"
 [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ] && ! pgrep -x Xorg >/dev/null && exec startx
 
 # Switch escape and caps if tty and no passwd required:
-sudo -n loadkeys ${XDG_DATA_HOME:$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/ttymaps.kmap 2>/dev/null
+sudo -n loadkeys ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/ttymaps.kmap 2>/dev/null