diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d3af715d..4298d7e5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -575,6 +575,11 @@ install(
         \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR}/hyprland\" \
         )")
 # session file
+configure_file(
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/example/hyprland.desktop.in
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/example/hyprland.desktop
+    @ONLY
+)
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/example/hyprland.desktop
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/wayland-sessions)
 
diff --git a/example/hyprland.desktop b/example/hyprland.desktop.in
similarity index 79%
rename from example/hyprland.desktop
rename to example/hyprland.desktop.in
index c81e0216..e54fc99b 100644
--- a/example/hyprland.desktop
+++ b/example/hyprland.desktop.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Name=Hyprland
 Comment=An intelligent dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
-Exec=start-hyprland
+Exec=@CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR@/start-hyprland
 Type=Application
 DesktopNames=Hyprland
 Keywords=tiling;wayland;compositor;
diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index 273e6b28..a6668fa5 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ in
             ../systemd
             ../VERSION
             (fs.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "1") ../docs)
-            (fs.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "conf" || file.hasExt "desktop") ../example)
+            (fs.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "conf" || file.hasExt "in") ../example)
             (fs.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "sh") ../scripts)
             (fs.fileFilter (file: file.name == "CMakeLists.txt") ../.)
             (optional withTests [../tests ../hyprtester])