diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/music_directory.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/music_directory.py
index 0e32a43..0a0ea72 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/music_directory.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/music_directory.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+
 from sys import platform
 import logging
 from os.path import expandvars
@@ -14,27 +17,37 @@ def get_xdg_music_directory() -> Path:
     Thanks to Distant Thunder, as well as Kevin Gruber for making that pull request:
     https://github.com/HeIIow2/music-downloader/pull/6
 
-    :return:
+    XDG_USER_DIRS_FILE reference:
+    https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
+    https://web.archive.org/web/20230322012953/https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
     """
 
-    # XDG_USER_DIRS_FILE reference: https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
-    xdg_user_dirs_file = Path(Path.home(), ".config", "user-dirs.dirs")
+    xdg_user_dirs_file = os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or Path(Path.home(), ".config", "user-dirs.dirs")
+    xdg_user_dirs_default_file = Path("/etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults")
 
-    try:
-        with open(xdg_user_dirs_file, 'r') as f:
-            data = "[XDG_USER_DIRS]\n" + f.read()
-        config = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
-        config.read_string(data)
-        xdg_config = config['XDG_USER_DIRS']
-        return Path(expandvars(xdg_config['xdg_music_dir'].strip('"')))
+    def get_music_dir_from_xdg_file(xdg_file_path: os.PathLike) -> Optional[Path]:
+        try:
+            with open(xdg_file_path, 'r') as f:
+                data = "[XDG_USER_DIRS]\n" + f.read()
+            config = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
+            config.read_string(data)
+            xdg_config = config['XDG_USER_DIRS']
+            return Path(expandvars(xdg_config['xdg_music_dir'].strip('"')))
 
-    except (FileNotFoundError, KeyError) as e:
-        logging.warning(
-            f"Missing file or No entry found for \"xdg_music_dir\" in: \"{xdg_user_dirs_file}\".\n"
-            f"Will fallback on default \"$HOME/Music\"."
-        )
-        logging.debug(str(e))
+        except (FileNotFoundError, KeyError) as e:
+            logging.warning(
+                f"Missing file or No entry found for \"xdg_music_dir\" in: \"{xdg_file_path}\".\n"
+            )
+            logging.debug(str(e))
 
+    music_dir = get_music_dir_from_xdg_file(xdg_user_dirs_file)
+    if music_dir is not None:
+        return music_dir
+    music_dir = get_music_dir_from_xdg_file(xdg_user_dirs_default_file)
+    if music_dir is not None:
+        return music_dir
+
+    logging.warning(f"couldn't find a XDG music dir, falling back to: {DEFAULT_MUSIC_DIRECTORY}")
     return DEFAULT_MUSIC_DIRECTORY