-sessionfile=$XDG_DATA_HOME/uzbl/session # the file in which the "session" (i.e. urls) are stored
-configfile=$XDG_DATA_HOME/uzbl/config # uzbl configuration file
+sessionfile=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/uzbl/session # the file in which the "session" (i.e. urls) are stored
+configfile=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/uzbl/config # uzbl configuration file