diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 0a5d947..3d64784 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ VERSION = 0.0.8.3
 # paths
 PREFIX ?= /usr
 MANPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share/man
-DESKTOPPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share/desktop
+DESKTOPPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share/applications
 
 # libs
 GTK_INC = $(shell pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 poppler-glib)