diff --git a/Scripts/Global.gd b/Scripts/Global.gd
index 800c45d43..55e02d26e 100644
--- a/Scripts/Global.gd
+++ b/Scripts/Global.gd
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ enum Brush_Types {PIXEL, CIRCLE, FILLED_CIRCLE, FILE, RANDOM_FILE, CUSTOM}
 var root_directory := "."
 var window_title := "" setget title_changed # Why doesn't Godot have get_window_title()?
 var config_cache := ConfigFile.new()
+
 # warning-ignore:unused_class_variable
 var loaded_locales : Array
 var undo_redo : UndoRedo
diff --git a/Scripts/XDGDataPaths.gd b/Scripts/XDGDataPaths.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b206fe9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/XDGDataPaths.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+extends Node
+
+var xdg_data_home : String
+var xdg_data_dirs : Array
+
+# Default location for xdg_data_home relative to $HOME
+const default_xdg_data_home_rel := ".local/share"
+const default_xdg_data_dirs := ["/usr/local/share", "/usr/share"]
+
+const config_subdir_name := "pixelorama"
+
+# Declare member variables here. Examples:
+# var a = 2
+# var b = "text"
+
+
+# Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
+func _ready():
+	if OS.has_feature("X11"):
+		xdg_data_home = OS.get_environment("HOME").plus_file(default_xdg_data_home_rel)
+		
+	 
+
+
+# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
+#func _process(delta):
+#	pass