diff --git a/core/internal/screenshot/encode.go b/core/internal/screenshot/encode.go
index 8b40dcaf..0256716a 100644
--- a/core/internal/screenshot/encode.go
+++ b/core/internal/screenshot/encode.go
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell/core/internal/log"
 	"github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell/core/internal/utils"
 )
 
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ func GetOutputDir() string {
 		return dir
 	}
 
-	if xdgPics := getXDGPicturesDir(); xdgPics != "" {
+	if xdgPics := utils.XDGPicturesDir(); xdgPics != "" {
 		screenshotDir := filepath.Join(xdgPics, "Screenshots")
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(screenshotDir, 0o755); err == nil {
 			return screenshotDir
@@ -113,42 +111,12 @@ func GetOutputDir() string {
 		return xdgPics
 	}
 
-	if home := os.Getenv("HOME"); home != "" {
+	if home, err := os.UserHomeDir(); err == nil {
 		return home
 	}
 	return "."
 }
 
-func getXDGPicturesDir() string {
-	userConfigDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("failed to get user config dir", "err", err)
-		return ""
-	}
-	userDirsFile := filepath.Join(userConfigDir, "user-dirs.dirs")
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(userDirsFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(data), "\n") {
-		if len(line) == 0 || line[0] == '#' {
-			continue
-		}
-		const prefix = "XDG_PICTURES_DIR="
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(line, prefix) {
-			continue
-		}
-		path := strings.Trim(line[len(prefix):], "\"")
-		expanded, err := utils.ExpandPath(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return ""
-		}
-		return expanded
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 func WriteToFile(buf *ShmBuffer, path string, format Format, quality int) error {
 	return WriteToFileWithFormat(buf, path, format, quality, uint32(FormatARGB8888))
 }
diff --git a/core/internal/screenshot/notify.go b/core/internal/screenshot/notify.go
index 9633b424..2aaa9f6c 100644
--- a/core/internal/screenshot/notify.go
+++ b/core/internal/screenshot/notify.go
@@ -64,12 +64,13 @@ func SendNotification(result NotifyResult) {
 
 	summary := "Screenshot captured"
 	body := ""
-	if result.Clipboard && result.FilePath != "" {
-		body = fmt.Sprintf("Copied to clipboard\n%s", filepath.Base(result.FilePath))
-	} else if result.Clipboard {
-		body = "Copied to clipboard"
-	} else if result.FilePath != "" {
+	switch {
+	case result.FilePath != "" && result.Clipboard:
+		body = fmt.Sprintf("%s\nCopied to clipboard", filepath.Base(result.FilePath))
+	case result.FilePath != "":
 		body = filepath.Base(result.FilePath)
+	case result.Clipboard:
+		body = "Copied to clipboard"
 	}
 
 	obj := conn.Object(notifyDest, notifyPath)
diff --git a/core/internal/utils/paths.go b/core/internal/utils/paths.go
index 053097ee..31662d33 100644
--- a/core/internal/utils/paths.go
+++ b/core/internal/utils/paths.go
@@ -38,6 +38,36 @@ func XDGConfigHome() string {
 	return filepath.Join(home, ".config")
 }
 
+func XDGPicturesDir() string {
+	if dir := os.Getenv("XDG_PICTURES_DIR"); dir != "" {
+		if expanded, err := ExpandPath(dir); err == nil {
+			return expanded
+		}
+	}
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(XDGConfigHome(), "user-dirs.dirs"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	const prefix = "XDG_PICTURES_DIR="
+	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(string(data), "\n") {
+		if len(line) == 0 || line[0] == '#' {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(line, prefix) {
+			continue
+		}
+		path := strings.Trim(line[len(prefix):], "\"")
+		expanded, err := ExpandPath(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ""
+		}
+		return expanded
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 func EmacsConfigDir() string {
 	home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()