diff --git a/atuin/log/run b/atuin/log/run
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..a6e7493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atuin/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atuin/run b/atuin/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9ae587f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atuin/run
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}
+export XDG_DATA_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}
+export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$UID}
+exec 2>&1
+exec atuin daemon