diff --git a/modules/home-manager/default.nix b/modules/home-manager/default.nix
index e4e4dd6d6..2bccfd4de 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/default.nix
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
 with lib;
 let
   cfg = config.sane.home-manager;
-  # extract package from `sane.packages.enabledUserPkgs`
+  # extract `pkg` from `sane.packages.enabledUserPkgs`
   pkg-list = pkgspec: builtins.map (e: e.pkg) pkgspec;
-  # extract `dir` from `sane.packages.enabledUserPkgs`
-  dir-list = pkgspec: builtins.concatLists (builtins.map (e: e.dir) pkgspec);
+  # extract `private` from `sane.packages.enabledUserPkgs`
   private-list = pkgspec: builtins.concatLists (builtins.map (e: e.private) pkgspec);
   feeds = import ./feeds.nix { inherit lib; };
 in
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ in
       "Music"
       "Pictures"
       "Videos"
-    ] ++ (dir-list config.sane.packages.enabledUserPkgs);
+    ];
 
     home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
     home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
diff --git a/modules/packages.nix b/modules/packages.nix
index 74a3f0787..0731de20c 100644
--- a/modules/packages.nix
+++ b/modules/packages.nix
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ in
 
   config = {
     environment.systemPackages = mkIf cfg.enableSystemPkgs systemPkgs;
+    sane.impermanence.home-dirs = concatLists (map (p: p.dir) cfg.enabledUserPkgs);
     # XXX: this might not be necessary. try removing this and cacert.unbundled?
     environment.etc."ssl/certs".source = mkIf cfg.enableSystemPkgs "${pkgs.cacert.unbundled}/etc/ssl/certs/*";
   };