diff --git a/modules/home/gdb/default.nix b/modules/home/gdb/default.nix
index ab51938..fe8eb69 100644
--- a/modules/home/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home/gdb/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ in
         gdb
       ];
 
-      xdg.configFile."gdb/gdbinit".source = ./gdbinit;
+      xdg = {
+        configFile."gdb/gdbinit".source = ./gdbinit;
+        dataFile. "gdb/.keep".text = "";
+      };
+
+      home.sessionVariables = {
+        GDBHISTFILE = "${config.xdg.dataHome}/gdb/gdb_history";
+      };
     }
 
     (lib.mkIf cfg.rr.enable {
diff --git a/modules/home/xdg/default.nix b/modules/home/xdg/default.nix
index 8b01696..fb2668c 100644
--- a/modules/home/xdg/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home/xdg/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ in
     ANDROID_USER_HOME = "${configHome}/android";
     CARGO_HOME = "${dataHome}/cargo";
     DOCKER_CONFIG = "${configHome}/docker";
-    GDBHISTFILE = "${dataHome}/gdb/gdb_history";
     GRADLE_USER_HOME = "${dataHome}/gradle";
     HISTFILE = "${dataHome}/bash/history";
     INPUTRC = "${configHome}/readline/inputrc";