diff --git a/bin/mw b/bin/mw
index 9f39cc4..ca090c3 100755
--- a/bin/mw
+++ b/bin/mw
@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@ command -V gpg >/dev/null 2>&1 && GPG="gpg" || GPG="gpg2"
 ! command -v mbsync >/dev/null && printf "\`mbsync (isync package)\` must be installed to run mutt-wizard.\\n" && exit
 
 prefix="/usr/local"
-muttdir="$HOME/.config/mutt"		# Main mutt config location
-accdir="$muttdir/accounts"		# Directory for account settings
-maildir="$HOME/.local/share/mail"	# Location of mail storage
-namere="^[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*$"		# Regex to ensure viable username
-emailre=".+@.+\..+" 			# Regex to confirm valid email address
+muttdir="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/mutt"	# Main mutt config location
+accdir="$muttdir/accounts"				# Directory for account settings
+maildir="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/mail"	# Location of mail storage
+namere="^[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*$"				# Regex to ensure viable username
+emailre=".+@.+\..+" 					# Regex to confirm valid email address
 muttshare="$prefix/share/mutt-wizard"
-mbsyncrc="$HOME/.mbsyncrc"
+mbsyncrc="${MBSYNCRC:-$HOME/.mbsyncrc}"
 mwconfig="$muttshare/mutt-wizard.muttrc"
-cachedir="$HOME/.cache/mutt-wizard"
+cachedir="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/mutt-wizard"
 muttrc="$muttdir/muttrc"
-msmtprc="$HOME/.config/msmtp/config"
+msmtprc="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/msmtp/config"
+msmtplog="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/msmtp/msmtp.log"
 ssltype="IMAPS"				# This is later changed to `None` later in the script if using Protonmail
+alias mbsync='mbsync -c "$mbsyncrc"'
 
 for x in "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" "/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt" "/etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem" "/etc/pki/tls/cacert.pem" "/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem" "/etc/ssl/cert.pem" "/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/"
 do
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ msmtp_header="defaults
 auth	on
 tls	on
 tls_trust_file	$sslcert
-logfile	~/.config/msmtp/msmtp.log
+logfile $msmtplog
 "
 msmtp_profile="account $title
 host $smtp
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ CertificateFile $sslcert
 
 MaildirStore $title-local
 Subfolders Verbatim
-Path ~/.local/share/mail/$title/
-Inbox ~/.local/share/mail/$title/INBOX
+Path ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/mail/$title/
+Inbox ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/mail/$title/INBOX
 Flatten .
 
 Channel $title
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$maxmes" | grep "[1-9]" >/dev/null || maxmes="0"
 	getpass
 	getprofiles
-	mkdir -p "$muttdir" "$accdir" "$cachedir/$title/bodies" "$HOME/.config/msmtp"
+	mkdir -p "$muttdir" "$accdir" "$cachedir/$title/bodies" "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/msmtp"
 	getaccounts
 	for x in $(seq 1 9); do echo "$accounts" | grep "$x" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { export idnum="$x"; break ;}; done
 	[ ! -f "$msmtprc" ] && echo "$msmtp_header" > "$msmtprc"
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ EOF
 		protonmail.ch|protonmail.com|pm.me) protonfinger || return 1 ;;
 	esac
 	echo "$mutt_profile" > "$accdir/$idnum-$title.muttrc"
+	mkdir -p "${mbsyncrc%/*}"
 	echo "$mbsync_profile" >> "$mbsyncrc"
 	notmuchauto
 	[ ! -f "$muttrc" ] && echo "# vim: filetype=neomuttrc" > "$muttrc" && echo "muttrc created."
@@ -288,7 +291,7 @@ asktype() { while : ; do
 		esac; done ;}
 
 purge() { confirm "delete all account data" || exit
-	rm -rf "$mbsyncrc" "$accdir" "$HOME/.config/msmtp" "$cachedir"
+	rm -rf "$mbsyncrc" "$accdir" "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/msmtp" "$cachedir"
 	echo "All configs and account settings have been purged."
 	sed -ibu "/\# mw-autogenerated/d" "$muttrc" ; rm -f "$muttrc"bu
 }
@@ -326,7 +329,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	add) asktype && askinfo && tryconnect && finalize || delete ;;
 	pass) pick "change the password of" && getpass ;;
 	delete) pick delete && confirm "delete the \`$title\` profile" && delete ;;
-	sync) syncwrapper $2 ;;
+	sync) syncwrapper "$2" ;;
 	purge) purge ;;
 	*) cat << EOF
 mw: mutt-wizard, auto-configure email accounts for mutt