diff --git a/profile b/profile
index 7ff959b..f186147 100644
--- a/profile
+++ b/profile
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+# make Java behave when not using a DE
+export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
+# add .local/bin to $PATH
 export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-export PATH="$HOME/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.0.0/bin:$PATH"