diff --git a/config/zsh/.zshenv b/config/zsh/.zshenv
index a7a6c10..74a0338 100644
--- a/config/zsh/.zshenv
+++ b/config/zsh/.zshenv
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ export XDG_STATE_HOME=$HOME/.local/state
 export HISTFILE=$XDG_DATA_HOME/zsh/history
 export HISTSIZE=10000
 export SAVEHIST=$HISTSIZE
+
+# clean home - needs to be here for Docker Desktop
+export DOCKER_CONFIG="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/docker"
+export GNUPGHOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME}/gnupg"
+export LESSHISTFILE='/dev/null'
diff --git a/config/zsh/.zshrc b/config/zsh/.zshrc
index 1b747ca..d6044b4 100644
--- a/config/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ path=(~/.local/bin "${path[@]}")
 
 # source configuration
 source "${ZDOTDIR}/aliases.zsh"
-source "${ZDOTDIR}/cleanhome.zsh"
 source "${ZDOTDIR}/keys.zsh"
 ## it has to be last
 source "${ZDOTDIR}/fzf.zsh"
diff --git a/config/zsh/cleanhome.zsh b/config/zsh/cleanhome.zsh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ef8a1b..0000000
--- a/config/zsh/cleanhome.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-export GNUPGHOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME}/gnupg"
-export LESSHISTFILE='/dev/null'