diff --git a/home/xdg.nix b/home/xdg.nix
index af9b575..e269fd7 100644
--- a/home/xdg.nix
+++ b/home/xdg.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
-{ ... }: {
-  xdg.enable = true;
+{ config, ... }: 
+let
+  mediaDirectory = "\$HOME/media";
+in {
+  xdg = {
+    enable = true;
+    userDirs = {
+      enable = true;
+      createDirectories = true;
+
+      /* TODO: this can be a btrfs subvolume to exclude those directories from snapshots */
+      download = "${mediaDirectory}/Downloads";
+      music = "${mediaDirectory}/Music";
+      pictures = "${mediaDirectory}/Pictures";
+      publicShare = "${mediaDirectory}/Public";
+      templates = "${mediaDirectory}/Templates";
+      videos = "${mediaDirectory}/Videos";
+
+    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/machines/morpheus.nix b/machines/morpheus.nix
index c76001e..0978563 100644
--- a/machines/morpheus.nix
+++ b/machines/morpheus.nix
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ inputs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
           options = [ "subvol=home" "compress=zstd" ];
         };
 
+      fileSystems."/home/me/media" =
+        { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/93bdadfc-961a-4ea6-aef0-d3cd50847f0b";
+          fsType = "btrfs";
+          options = [ "subvol=home/me/media" "compress=zstd" ];
+        };
+
       fileSystems."/swap" =
         { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/" + swapUUID;
           fsType = "btrfs";