diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.vim b/.config/nvim/init.vim
index 626146f..e148ee1 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 " Begin Plugin section
-if ! filereadable(expand('~/.config/nvim/autoload/plug.vim'))
+if ! filereadable(expand('~/.local/share/nvim/autoload/plug.vim'))
 	echo "Downloading junegunn/vim-plug to manage plugins..."
-	silent !mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/autoload/
-	silent !curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim" > ~/.config/nvim/autoload/plug.vim
+	silent !mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nvim/autoload/
+	silent !curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim" > ~/.local/share/nvim/autoload/plug.vim
 	autocmd VimEnter * PlugInstall
 endif
 
diff --git a/.local/bin/etc/textemp b/.local/bin/etc/textemp
index d83562f..5f79e70 100755
--- a/.local/bin/etc/textemp
+++ b/.local/bin/etc/textemp
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # copying tex templates
 
+latexdir=~/gitrepos/main/latextemplates/
+
 [ -z "$2" ] && echo "missing argument: filename (no ending)" && return 1
 
-articletemp=~/gitrepos/etc/latextemplates/latex_article/article.tex
-beamertemp=~/gitrepos/etc/latextemplates/latex_beamer/beamer.tex
-exercisetemp=~/gitrepos/etc/latextemplates/latex_exercise_header/header.tex
-handouttemp=~/gitrepos/etc/latextemplates/latex_handout/handout.tex
+articletemp=${latexdir}latex_article/article.tex
+beamertemp=${latexdir}latex_beamer/beamer.tex
+exercisetemp=${latexdir}latex_exercise_header/header.tex
+handouttemp=${latexdir}latex_handout/handout.tex
 
 case "$1" in
 	a*) cp "$articletemp" $2.tex ;;