diff --git a/020_hexchat.sh b/020_hexchat.sh
index e049670..231b577 100755
--- a/020_hexchat.sh
+++ b/020_hexchat.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 apt-get -y install hexchat
 
-HEXCHAT_HOME=$HOME/.config/hexchat
+#HEXCHAT_HOME=$HOME/.config/hexchat
+HEXCHAT_HOME=/etc/skel/.config/hexchat
 mkdir -p ${HEXCHAT_HOME}
 
 cat > ${HEXCHAT_HOME}/chanopt.conf <<'EOF'
diff --git a/020_mutt-notmuch-afew.sh b/020_mutt-notmuch-afew.sh
index 5beace5..4c20dbd 100755
--- a/020_mutt-notmuch-afew.sh
+++ b/020_mutt-notmuch-afew.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 ## an initial tagging script for notmuch mail 
+# https://afew.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 #FIXME: NOT TESTED YET needs notmuch-mutt installed first
 #FIXME: add afew tagging: https://readthedocs.org/projects/afew/downloads/pdf/latest/
diff --git a/020_zsh_aliases.d.sh b/020_zsh_aliases.d.sh
index 47e11c2..b96b771 100755
--- a/020_zsh_aliases.d.sh
+++ b/020_zsh_aliases.d.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-mkdir -p ${HOME}/.zsh_aliases.d
+DEST=/etc/skel
+mkdir -p ${DEST}/.zsh_aliases.d
 
 
+ALIAS_FILE=${DEST}/.zsh_aliases
 
-ALIAS_FILE=${HOME}/.zsh_aliases
 cat >> ${ALIAS_FILE} <<'EOF'
-
 # Enable .zsh_aliases.d to keep aliases separate from env variables
 if [ -d ~/.zsh_aliases.d ]; then
   for f (~/.zsh_aliases.d/**/*(N.))  . $f
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ fi
 EOF
 
 # tell bash to check the next word after the alias (i.e sudo) by adding a space to the end of the alias value.
-echo "# tell bash to check the next word after the alias (i.e sudo) by adding a space to the end of the alias value." > ~/.zsh_aliases.d/002_sudo.zsh
-echo 'alias sudo="sudo "' >>  ~/.zsh_aliases.d/002_sudo.zsh
+echo "# tell bash to check the next word after the alias (i.e sudo) by adding a space to the end of the alias value." > ${DEST}/.zsh_aliases.d/002_sudo.zsh
+echo 'alias sudo="sudo "' >>  ${DEST}/.zsh_aliases.d/002_sudo.zsh
 
-cat > ~/.zsh_aliases.d/003_py-aliases.zsh << 'EOF'
+cat > ${DEST}/.zsh_aliases.d/003_py-aliases.zsh << 'EOF'
 _py_version() {
   PY_VERSIONS=(2 3)
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ transfer() {
 EOF
 
 
-ALIAS_FILE=${HOME}/.zsh_aliases.d/003_local.sh
+ALIAS_FILE=${DEST}/.zsh_aliases.d/003_local.sh
 cat > ${ALIAS_FILE} <<'EOF'
 alias locate='locate --existing --follow --basename --ignore-case'
 alias wget="wget --content-disposition -c"
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ alias less="less -R"
 alias youtube-dl='youtube-dl --external-downloader=aria2c'
 EOF
 
-ALIAS_FILE=${HOME}/.zsh_aliases.d/003_lsd.sh
+ALIAS_FILE=${DEST}/.zsh_aliases.d/003_lsd.sh
 cat > ${ALIAS_FILE} <<'EOF'
 if [ -x /usr/bin/lsd ]; then
 	alias lsd="/usr/bin/lsd"
-	alias 'ls'="lsd"
+#	alias 'ls'="lsd"
 	alias 'll'="lsd -a"
 	alias 'lt'="lsd --tree"
 fi