diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/OpenTabletDriver/settings.json b/home/.config/OpenTabletDriver/settings.json
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/OpenTabletDriver/settings.json
rename to home/.config/OpenTabletDriver/settings.json
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/VSCodium/User/settings.json b/home/.config/VSCodium/User/settings.json
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/VSCodium/User/settings.json
rename to home/.config/VSCodium/User/settings.json
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/VSCodium/product.json b/home/.config/VSCodium/product.json
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/VSCodium/product.json
rename to home/.config/VSCodium/product.json
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml b/home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
rename to home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/autostart/codium.desktop b/home/.config/autostart/codium.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/autostart/codium.desktop
rename to home/.config/autostart/codium.desktop
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/autostart/discord.desktop b/home/.config/autostart/discord.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/autostart/discord.desktop
rename to home/.config/autostart/discord.desktop
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/autostart/gwe.desktop b/home/.config/autostart/gwe.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/autostart/gwe.desktop
rename to home/.config/autostart/gwe.desktop
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/autostart/ignore-lid-switch-tweak.desktop b/home/.config/autostart/ignore-lid-switch-tweak.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/autostart/ignore-lid-switch-tweak.desktop
rename to home/.config/autostart/ignore-lid-switch-tweak.desktop
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/autostart/io.optimus_manager.OptimusManagerQt.desktop b/home/.config/autostart/io.optimus_manager.OptimusManagerQt.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/autostart/io.optimus_manager.OptimusManagerQt.desktop
rename to home/.config/autostart/io.optimus_manager.OptimusManagerQt.desktop
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/autostart/librewolf.desktop b/home/.config/autostart/librewolf.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/autostart/librewolf.desktop
rename to home/.config/autostart/librewolf.desktop
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/autostart/nvidia-preferred-mode.desktop b/home/.config/autostart/nvidia-preferred-mode.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/autostart/nvidia-preferred-mode.desktop
rename to home/.config/autostart/nvidia-preferred-mode.desktop
diff --git a/home/pomp/.config/autostart/pomky.desktop b/home/.config/autostart/pomky.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.config/autostart/pomky.desktop
rename to home/.config/autostart/pomky.desktop
diff --git a/home/.config/user-dirs.dirs b/home/.config/user-dirs.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6be06ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/.config/user-dirs.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
+# XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"
+# XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
+
+XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="/media/pomp/data/Documents"
+XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="/media/pomp/data/Downloads"
+XDG_MUSIC_DIR="/media/pomp/data/Music"
+XDG_PICTURES_DIR="/media/pomp/data/Pictures"
+XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="/media/pomp/data/Videos"
diff --git a/home/pomp/.local/bin/pomky b/home/.local/bin/pomky
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.local/bin/pomky
rename to home/.local/bin/pomky
diff --git a/home/.local/share/flatpak/overrides/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium b/home/.local/share/flatpak/overrides/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c0aa1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/.local/share/flatpak/overrides/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Context]
+filesystems=home
diff --git a/home/pomp/.nvidia-preferred-mode.sh b/home/.nvidia-preferred-mode.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.nvidia-preferred-mode.sh
rename to home/.nvidia-preferred-mode.sh
diff --git a/home/pomp/.vimrc b/home/.vimrc
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.vimrc
rename to home/.vimrc
diff --git a/home/pomp/.zshrc b/home/.zshrc
similarity index 100%
rename from home/pomp/.zshrc
rename to home/.zshrc
diff --git a/src/constants.py b/src/constants.py
index 7fe36f7..0e81554 100644
--- a/src/constants.py
+++ b/src/constants.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # this variable may be altered by the script
 # most notably by `src/interface/choose_action.py`
 
+from os import environ
+
 content_dir = "/tmp/com.developomp.setup"
 tmp_dir = content_dir
-home_dir = "/home/pomp"
+home_dir = environ.get("HOME")
diff --git a/src/setup/apps/alacritty.py b/src/setup/apps/alacritty.py
index f05b7c2..890b98f 100644
--- a/src/setup/apps/alacritty.py
+++ b/src/setup/apps/alacritty.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from src.util import paru_install, copy_file
-from src.constants import content_dir, home_dir
 
 name = "Alacritty terminal"
 
@@ -10,7 +9,4 @@ def setup() -> None:
     paru_install("alacritty")
 
     # copy configuration file
-    copy_file(
-        f"{content_dir}{home_dir}/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml",
-        "~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml",
-    )
+    copy_file("home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml")
diff --git a/src/setup/apps/discord.py b/src/setup/apps/discord.py
index 8adce72..750bff6 100644
--- a/src/setup/apps/discord.py
+++ b/src/setup/apps/discord.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from src.util import flatpak_install, paru_install, copy_file
-from src.constants import content_dir, home_dir
 from src import log
 from os import system
 
@@ -54,10 +53,7 @@ def setup():
     flatpak_install("com.discordapp.Discord")
     paru_install("betterdiscordctl-git")
 
-    copy_file(
-        f"{content_dir}{home_dir}/.config/autostart/discord.desktop",
-        "~/.config/autostart/discord.desktop",
-    )
+    copy_file("home/.config/autostart/discord.desktop")
 
     for id in PLUGINS:
         url = f"https://betterdiscord.app/Download?id={id}"
diff --git a/src/setup/apps/osu_lazer.py b/src/setup/apps/osu_lazer.py
index 085b344..5dfc8ab 100644
--- a/src/setup/apps/osu_lazer.py
+++ b/src/setup/apps/osu_lazer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from os.path import exists
 from os import system
 
-from src.constants import content_dir, home_dir
 from src.util import flatpak_install, paru_install, copy_file, silent_system
 from src.setup.system import system76_scheduler
 
@@ -26,10 +25,7 @@ def setup():
     paru_install("opentabletdriver-git")
 
     # apply settings
-    copy_file(
-        f"{content_dir}{home_dir}/.config/OpenTabletDriver/settings.json",
-        "~/.config/OpenTabletDriver/settings.json",
-    )
+    copy_file("home/.config/OpenTabletDriver/settings.json")
 
     # disable built-in kernel modules
     modules_to_disable = [
diff --git a/src/setup/dev/vscodium.py b/src/setup/dev/vscodium.py
index 3e1ade5..b453d3a 100644
--- a/src/setup/dev/vscodium.py
+++ b/src/setup/dev/vscodium.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from src.util import paru_install, copy_file
-from src.constants import content_dir, home_dir
-
 from os import system
 
+from src.util import paru_install, copy_file
+
+
 name = "Vscodium"
 
 
@@ -55,19 +55,10 @@ def setup():
         system(f"codium --install-extension {extension} --force")
 
     # autostart vscodium
-    copy_file(
-        f"{content_dir}{home_dir}/.config/autostart/codium.desktop",
-        "~/.config/autostart/codium.desktop",
-    )
+    copy_file("home/.config/autostart/codium.desktop")
 
     # vscodium settings
-    copy_file(
-        f"{content_dir}{home_dir}/.config/VSCodium/User/settings.json",
-        "~/.config/VSCodium/User/settings.json",
-    )
+    copy_file("home/.config/VSCodium/User/settings.json")
 
     # enable vscode extension store
-    copy_file(
-        f"{content_dir}{home_dir}/.config/VSCodium/product.json",
-        "~/.config/VSCodium/product.json",
-    )
+    copy_file("home/.config/VSCodium/product.json")
diff --git a/src/setup/system/system76_scheduler.py b/src/setup/system/system76_scheduler.py
index 273e6af..365b415 100644
--- a/src/setup/system/system76_scheduler.py
+++ b/src/setup/system/system76_scheduler.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from src.util import paru_install, copy_file
-from src.constants import content_dir
+
 
 name = "system76 scheduler"
 
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ def setup():
     # using the git version because "system76-scheduler" builds from source too anyway
     paru_install("system76-scheduler-git")
     copy_file(
-        f"{content_dir}/etc/system76-scheduler/assignments/osu.ron",
-        "/etc/system76-scheduler/assignments/osu.ron",
+        "etc/system76-scheduler/assignments/osu.ron",
         sudo=True,
     )
diff --git a/src/setup/system/zsh.py b/src/setup/system/zsh.py
index f5293a4..846c4fb 100644
--- a/src/setup/system/zsh.py
+++ b/src/setup/system/zsh.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def setup():
     )
 
     # apply zshrc configuration
-    copy_file(f"{content_dir}{home_dir}/.zshrc", f"{home_dir}/.zshrc")
+    copy_file("home/.zshrc")
 
     # set the default terminal to zsh
     system("chsh -s /bin/zsh")
diff --git a/src/util.py b/src/util.py
index e31aba3..eb3451d 100644
--- a/src/util.py
+++ b/src/util.py
@@ -55,21 +55,32 @@ def remove_directory(path):
         raise err
 
 
-def copy_file(src: str, dst: str, mode="644", sudo=False):
+def copy_file(src_file: str, mode="644", sudo=False):
     """
-    Copies src to dst.
-    Automatically creates parent directory/directories of dst if it does not exist already.
+    Copies a file in the repo to the system.
+    If the `src_file` starts with `home/`, it maps to $HOME.
+    Otherwise, it maps to `/`.
+    This function automatically creates parent directories if they do not exist already.
 
     parameters:
-        src: A path-like object or string pointing to a file.
-        dst: A path-like object or string pointing to a file.
-        mode: Permission mode (as in chmod). Defaults to 644 (rw-r--r--)
+    - src_file: A path-like object or string pointing to a file.
+    - mode: Permission mode (as in chmod). Defaults to 644 (rw-r--r--).
+    - sudo: Whether to run command as sudo or not.
     """
 
-    if sudo:
-        system(f"sudo install -Dm{mode} {src} {dst}")
+    dst_file = str(src_file)
+
+    if dst_file.startswith("home/"):
+        dst_file = src.constants.home_dir + dst_file[4:]
     else:
-        system(f"install -Dm{mode} {src} {dst}")
+        dst_file = "/" + dst_file
+
+    command = f"install -Dm{mode} {src.constants.content_dir}/{src_file} {dst_file}"
+
+    if sudo:
+        system(f"sudo {command}")
+    else:
+        system(command)
 
 
 def copy_directory(src: str, dst: str):