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@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ You will need atleast following packages for it to work
 
 ### Getting started
 
+If you wanna use my zsh config, you have to properly prepare the ZDOTDIR enviornment, for this use the *init-dotfiles* provided. **CAUTION: This does need root!**
+
+`sudo ./init-dotfiles`
+
 For stow to restore the old state you have to run following command.
 
 `git clone https://git.snrd.eu/Spaenny/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles`
diff --git a/init-dotfiles b/init-dotfiles
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Setup .zshrc folder in .config for zsh to work
+echo 'ZDOTDIR=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zsh/' >> /etc/zsh/zshenv
+
+# Create folder for history
+mkdir -p $(dirname "$HISTFILE")