diff --git a/bash/usr-local-bin/homebrew b/bash/usr-local-bin/homebrew
index 4a1e7e1..0d260ab 100755
--- a/bash/usr-local-bin/homebrew
+++ b/bash/usr-local-bin/homebrew
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ if [ -d /var/roothome ]; then
 	set -x
 	export LC_ALL=C.utf8
 
-	if [ -f "/tmp/brew.$(id -u).$(date -I)" ]; then
-		echo "Homebrew has been patched today. If this is wrong, rm /tmp/brew.$(id -u).$(date -I)"
+	if ! hash xdg-user-dir 2> /dev/null; then
+		echo "xdg-user-dir is required for my laziness"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	if [ -f "$(xdg-user-dir RUNTIME)/brew.$(date -I)" ]; then
+		echo "Homebrew has been patched today. If this is wrong, rm $(xdg-user-dir RUNTIME)/brew.$(date -I)"
 	else
 		if [ ! -d "/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew" ]; then
 			echo "Homebrew not found."
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ if [ -d /var/roothome ]; then
 		cd /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/
 		cp /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew2
 		sed -i 's/pwd\ \-P/pwd/g' /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew2
-		touch "/tmp/brew.$(id -u).$(date -I)"
+		touch "$(xdg-user-dir RUNTIME)/brew.$(date -I)"
 	fi
 
 	/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew2 $@
diff --git a/bash/usr-local-bin/syncplay b/bash/usr-local-bin/syncplay
index 30fc31e..c86c5e5 100755
--- a/bash/usr-local-bin/syncplay
+++ b/bash/usr-local-bin/syncplay
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 set -x
 export LC_ALL=C.utf8
 
-if [ -f "/tmp/syncplay.$(id -u).$(date -I)" ]; then
+if ! hash xdg-user-dir 2> /dev/null; then
+	echo "xdg-user-dir is required for my laziness"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$(xdg-user-dir RUNTIME)/syncplay.$(date -I)" ]; then
 	echo "Syncplay has been touched today"
 else
 	# If syncplay doesn't exist, get it
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ else
 	pip3 install pip --upgrade
 	pip3 install -r requirements.txt --upgrade
 	pip3 install -r requirements_gui.txt --upgrade
-	touch /tmp/syncplay.$(id -u).$(date -I)
+	touch $(xdg-user-dir RUNTIME)/syncplay.$(date -I)
 fi
 
 # finally launch the syncplay with any flags specified
@@ -44,5 +49,6 @@ fi
 ~/src/github.com/syncplay/syncplay/syncplayClient.py "$@"
 # my syncplay launcher says this is a terminal app, so in case something goes
 # wrong, let it stay open for a moment for me to see what.
+echo ""
 sleep 5
 set +x