diff --git a/rc.lua b/rc.lua
index 826c676..bb06ddc 100644
--- a/rc.lua
+++ b/rc.lua
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ awful.spawn.with_shell(
   'if (xrdb -query | grep -q "^awesome\\.started:\\s*true$"); then exit; fi;'
     .. 'xrdb -merge <<< "awesome.started:true";'
     -- list each of your autostart commands, followed by ; inside single quotes, followed by ..
-    .. 'dex --environment Awesome --autostart --search-paths "$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/autostart:$HOME/.config/autostart"' -- https://github.com/jceb/dex
+    .. 'dex --environment Awesome --autostart --search-paths "$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/autostart:${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/autostart"' -- https://github.com/jceb/dex
 )
 --]]