diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 140da2d..6abd32c 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export VISUAL=nvim
 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
 export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
 export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
+export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.local/state"
 
 # XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/desktop"
 # XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/documents"