diff --git a/.config/user-dirs.dirs b/.config/user-dirs.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c70a547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/user-dirs.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# This file is read by xdg-user-dirs-update
+# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
+# interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run.
+# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped
+# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an
+# absolute path. No other format is supported.
+
+XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/misc"
+XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/downs"
+XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/misc"
+XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/misc"
+XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/docs"
+XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/music"
+XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/pics"
+XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/vids"
diff --git a/.config/zsh/.zshrc b/.config/zsh/.zshrc
index c0a2571..0d866c5 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/.config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ setopt AUTO_PUSHD               # Make cd push the old directory onto the direct
 setopt NO_AUTO_REMOVE_SLASH     # Keeps trailing slash for directories when auto completing.
                                 #   (Beware: commands will act on the target directory not the symlink with the slash)
 setopt NO_BEEP                  # Do not beep on error in ZLE.
+setopt CDABLE_VARS              # Expand named directories without leading '~'.
 setopt C_BASES                  # Output hexadecimal numbers in the standard C format ('16#FF' -> '0xFF').
 setopt CHASE_LINKS              # Resolve symbolic links to their true values when changing directory.
 setopt NO_CLOBBER               # '>!' or '>|' must be used to truncate a file, and '>>!' or '>>|' to create a file.
diff --git a/.config/zsh/plugins/alias.zsh b/.config/zsh/plugins/alias.zsh
index 4b80aa1..a68643a 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/plugins/alias.zsh
+++ b/.config/zsh/plugins/alias.zsh
@@ -112,18 +112,27 @@
 	alias date='env LC_TIME=tk_TM date'
 
 # Named directories
-	hash -d docs=~/docs
-	hash -d down=~/downloads
-	hash -d pics=~/pics
-	hash -d proj=~/projs
+	for dir in "$HOME"/[^.]*(/); do
+		[[ ! ${dir:t} =~ " " ]] || continue
+		hash -d ${dir:t}="$dir"
+	done
 
-	hash -d cheat=~docs/cheat_sheets
-	hash -d dot{,s}=~proj/dotfiles
-	hash -d uni=~docs/uni
-	hash -d work=~docs/work
-
-	# Use the first match in ~uni/[0-9][0-9]-{So,Wi}Se sorted in descending
-	# numeric order (most recent semester). The echo is necessary as else
-	# filename generation will include the wise= and nothing is matched. TODO!
-	hash -d sose="$(echo ~uni/[0-9][0-9]-SoSe(NnOn[1]))"
-	hash -d wise="$(echo ~uni/[0-9][0-9]-WiSe(NnOn[1]))"
+	hash="$(xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS 2>/dev/null || echo docs)"
+	hash="$(basename "$hash")"
+	if (( $+nameddirs[$hash] )); then
+		hash -d cheat=~$hash/cheat_sheets
+		hash -d uni=~$hash/uni
+		hash -d work=~$hash/work
+	fi
+	unset hash
+	if (( $+nameddirs[projs] )); then
+		hash -d dot{,s}=~projs/dotfiles
+	fi
+	if (( $+nameddirs[uni] )); then
+		# Use the first match in ~uni/[0-9][0-9]-{So,Wi}Se sorted in descending
+		# numeric order (most recent semester). The echo is necessary as else
+		# filename generation will include the wise= and nothing is matched.
+		# TODO!
+		hash -d sose="$(echo ~uni/[0-9][0-9]-SoSe(NnOn[1]))"
+		hash -d wise="$(echo ~uni/[0-9][0-9]-WiSe(NnOn[1]))"
+	fi