diff --git a/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/build b/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/build
index 2031d5c..406c868 100755
--- a/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/build
+++ b/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ VERSION=1.3.5
 # first install stock version
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes $NAME feh compton volumeicon-alsa murrine-themes leafpad qalculate-gtk scrot xdg-user-dirs
+apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes $NAME feh compton volumeicon-alsa murrine-themes leafpad qalculate-gtk scrot
 . ../../cleanup
 
 (cd rootcopy && cp --parents -afr * /)
@@ -19,6 +19,25 @@ savechanges /$NAME-stock.sb
 cd /
 unsquashfs /$NAME-stock.sb
 
+# create user directories
+mkdir -p /squashfs-root/home/guest/Desktop
+mkdir -p /squashfs-root/home/guest/Documents
+mkdir -p /squashfs-root/home/guest/Downloads
+mkdir -p /squashfs-root/home/guest/Music
+mkdir -p /squashfs-root/home/guest/Pictures
+mkdir -p /squashfs-root/home/guest/Public
+mkdir -p /squashfs-root/home/guest/Templates
+mkdir -p /squashfs-root/home/guest/Videos
+ln -s /home/guest/Desktop /squashfs-root/root/Desktop
+ln -s /home/guest/Documents /squashfs-root/root/Documents
+ln -s /home/guest/Downloads /squashfs-root/root/Downloads
+ln -s /home/guest/Music /squashfs-root/root/Music
+ln -s /home/guest/Pictures /squashfs-root/root/Pictures
+ln -s /home/guest/Public /squashfs-root/root/Public
+ln -s /home/guest/Templates /squashfs-root/root/Templates
+ln -s /home/guest/Videos /squashfs-root/root/Videos
+chown -R guest.users /squashfs-root/home/guest
+
 # then, we want to patch it to implement window resizing!
 # so we will recompile whole package
 
diff --git a/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/rootcopy/home/guest/Downloads/.empty b/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/rootcopy/home/guest/Downloads/.empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/rootcopy/root/Downloads b/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/rootcopy/root/Downloads
deleted file mode 120000
index 3620fe7..0000000
--- a/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/rootcopy/root/Downloads
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/home/guest/Downloads
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/rootcopy/usr/bin/fbprintscreen b/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/rootcopy/usr/bin/fbprintscreen
index 44245af..2fa57c9 100755
--- a/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/rootcopy/usr/bin/fbprintscreen
+++ b/Slax/debian/modules/03-desktop/rootcopy/usr/bin/fbprintscreen
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-PICTURES=$(xdg-user-dir PICTURES)
-if [ "$PICTURES" = "" ]; then
-   PICTURES=~/Pictures
-fi
-
+PICTURES=~/Pictures
 mkdir -p $PICTURES
 cd $PICTURES