diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 6d64355..0c023e7 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 # https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/
 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"    # configuration files are stored (default: ~/.config)
 export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share" # data files are stored (default: ~/.local/share)
-export XDG_BIN_HOME="$HOME/.local/bin"    # binary executable files, not within the specification, but added for consistency
 export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.var/lib"    # state data that should persist between (application) restarts, but not important enough to be stored in XDG_DATA_HOME (default: ~/.local/state)
 export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.var/cache"  # user-specific non-essential (cached) data.
-export PATH="$XDG_BIN_HOME:$PATH"         # add our bin in front of PATH, making it take precedence
+
+export PATH=".local/bin:$PATH"
 
 if command -v nvim >/dev/null; then
 	export EDITOR=nvim           # use neovim as an editor