diff --git a/projects/kde/shell.nix b/projects/kde/shell.nix
index 4888b46..54b55fb 100644
--- a/projects/kde/shell.nix
+++ b/projects/kde/shell.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ myllvm.stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "clang-nix-shell";
   # ensure the local KDE things are in path
   shellHook = ''
-export PATH=/home/cullmann/projects/kde/usr/bin:/home/cullmann/projects/kde:/home/cullmann/projects/kde/src/kdesrc-build:$PATH
+export PATH=~/projects/kde/usr/bin:~/projects/kde:~/projects/kde/src/kdesrc-build:$PATH
 
 # fix Qt tests for rcc
 unset QT_RCC_SOURCE_DATE_OVERRIDE
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
 # fix valgrind
 export QT_ENABLE_REGEXP_JIT=0
 
-export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/cullmann/projects/kde/usr/lib/plugins:/home/cullmann/projects/kde/usr/lib64/plugins:${pkgs.qt6.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}:${pkgs.lib.getBin pkgs.qt6.qtsvg}/${pkgs.qt6.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}:${pkgs.lib.getBin pkgs.qt6.qtwayland}/${pkgs.qt6.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}:${pkgs.lib.getBin pkgs.qt6.qtspeech}/${pkgs.qt6.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}:$QT_PLUGIN_PATH
-export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=/home/cullmann/projects/kde/usr/lib/qml:$QML2_IMPORT_PATH
+export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=~/projects/kde/usr/lib/plugins:~/projects/kde/usr/lib64/plugins:${pkgs.qt6.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}:${pkgs.lib.getBin pkgs.qt6.qtsvg}/${pkgs.qt6.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}:${pkgs.lib.getBin pkgs.qt6.qtwayland}/${pkgs.qt6.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}:${pkgs.lib.getBin pkgs.qt6.qtspeech}/${pkgs.qt6.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}:$QT_PLUGIN_PATH
+export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=~/projects/kde/usr/lib/qml:$QML2_IMPORT_PATH
 
-export QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH=/home/cullmann/projects/kde/usr/lib/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/:/home/cullmann/projects/kde/usr/lib64/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/:$QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH
+export QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH=~/projects/kde/usr/lib/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/:~/projects/kde/usr/lib64/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/:$QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH
   '';
 
   # add all needed stuff to have a KDE KF6 Qt6 env
diff --git a/share/users.nix b/share/users.nix
index 5bcbf23..fa6a619 100644
--- a/share/users.nix
+++ b/share/users.nix
@@ -136,6 +136,23 @@ in
     users.sandbox-kde = {
       # shared config
       imports = [ ./home.nix ];
+
+      # create kde build setup
+      home.file = {
+        "projects/kde/.envrc" = {
+          text = "use nix";
+        };
+        "projects/kde/cleanup.sh" = {
+          text = (builtins.readFile "/data/nixos/projects/kde/cleanup.sh");
+          executable = true;
+        };
+        "projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc" = {
+          text = (builtins.readFile "/data/nixos/projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc");
+        };
+        "projects/kde/shell.nix" = {
+          text = (builtins.readFile "/data/nixos/projects/kde/shell.nix");
+        };
+      };
     };
   };
 }