diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 6482b04..de16249 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ type config struct {
 	EnableUpdates         bool
 }
 
-const configDir = ".config/noisetorch/"
 const configFile = "config.toml"
 
 func initializeConfigIfNot() {
 	log.Println("Checking if config needs to be initialized")
 	conf := config{Threshold: 95, DisplayMonitorSources: false, EnableUpdates: true}
-	configdir := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), configDir)
+	configdir := configDir()
 	ok, err := exists(configdir)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Couldn't check if config directory exists: %v\n", err)
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ func initializeConfigIfNot() {
 }
 
 func readConfig() *config {
-	f := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), configDir, configFile)
+	f := filepath.Join(configDir(), configFile)
 	config := config{}
 	if _, err := toml.DecodeFile(f, &config); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Couldn't read config file: %v\n", err)
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ func readConfig() *config {
 }
 
 func writeConfig(conf *config) {
-	f := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), configDir, configFile)
+	f := filepath.Join(configDir(), configFile)
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
 	if err := toml.NewEncoder(&buffer).Encode(&conf); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Couldn't write config file: %v\n", err)
@@ -63,6 +62,10 @@ func writeConfig(conf *config) {
 	ioutil.WriteFile(f, []byte(buffer.String()), 0644)
 }
 
+func configDir() string {
+	return filepath.Join(xdgOrFallback("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".config")), "noisetorch")
+}
+
 func exists(path string) (bool, error) {
 	_, err := os.Stat(path)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -73,3 +76,17 @@ func exists(path string) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	return false, err
 }
+
+func xdgOrFallback(xdg string, fallback string) string {
+	dir := os.Getenv(xdg)
+	if dir != "" {
+		if ok, err := exists(dir); ok && err == nil {
+			log.Printf("Resolved $%s to '%s'\n", xdg, dir)
+			return dir
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Couldn't resolve $%s falling back to '%s'\n", xdg, fallback)
+	return fallback
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aeede58..3e8e221 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ require (
 	gioui.org v0.0.0-20200630184602-223f8fd40ae4 // indirect
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1
 	github.com/aarzilli/nucular v0.0.0-20200615134801-81910c722bba
-	github.com/lawl/pulseaudio v0.0.0-20200704145757-7d4b4b92e7b7
+	github.com/lawl/pulseaudio v0.0.0-20200719094555-c019d8a2304f
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200709230013-948cd5f35899
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b773f61..e7083ab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.0.0-20160813221303-0a025b7e63ad h1:eMxs9EL0Pv
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.0.0-20160813221303-0a025b7e63ad/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/lawl/pulseaudio v0.0.0-20200704145757-7d4b4b92e7b7 h1:LjLOowMTfYESP3XW5/KV6TaQVuhdvkBHJoEaReGds6M=
 github.com/lawl/pulseaudio v0.0.0-20200704145757-7d4b4b92e7b7/go.mod h1:9h36x4KH7r2V8DOCKoPMt87IXZ++X90y8D5nnuwq290=
+github.com/lawl/pulseaudio v0.0.0-20200719094555-c019d8a2304f h1:MA90ko9/uptNdk2wRHAqm1fpyCogyFTKo162qPv2FgA=
+github.com/lawl/pulseaudio v0.0.0-20200719094555-c019d8a2304f/go.mod h1:9h36x4KH7r2V8DOCKoPMt87IXZ++X90y8D5nnuwq290=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529 h1:iMGN4xG0cnqj3t+zOM8wUB0BiPKHEwSxEZCvzcbZuvk=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
diff --git a/rlimit.go b/rlimit.go
index 1355965..bb76c5e 100644
--- a/rlimit.go
+++ b/rlimit.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -15,8 +16,7 @@ import (
 const rlimitRTTime = 15
 
 func getPulsePid() (int, error) {
-	runtimeDir := os.Getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
-	pulsepidfile := filepath.Join(runtimeDir, "pulse/pid")
+	pulsepidfile := filepath.Join(xdgOrFallback("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", fmt.Sprintf("/run/user/%d", os.Getuid())), "pulse/pid")
 	pidbuf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(pulsepidfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio/README.md b/vendor/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio/README.md
index 17eb764..372f6ff 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio/README.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# pulseaudio 
+# pulseaudio [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio)
 Package pulseaudio is a pure-Go (no libpulse) implementation of the PulseAudio native protocol.
 
 Download:
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ Package pulseaudio is a pure-Go (no libpulse) implementation of the PulseAudio n
 This library is a fork of https://github.com/mafik/pulseaudio
 The original library deliberately tries to hide pulseaudio internals and doesn't expose them.
 
-For my usecase I needed the exact opposite, access to pulseaudio internals.
\ No newline at end of file
+For my usecase I needed the exact opposite, access to pulseaudio internals.
+I will most likely only maintain this as far as is required for [noisetorch](https://github.com/lawl/NoiseTorch) to work.
+Pull Requests are however welcome.
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio/client.go b/vendor/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio/client.go
index 6740182..ab8c347 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio/client.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/lawl/pulseaudio/client.go
@@ -1,24 +1,12 @@
 // Package pulseaudio is a pure-Go (no libpulse) implementation of the PulseAudio native protocol.
 //
-// Rather than exposing the PulseAudio protocol directly this library attempts to hide
-// the PulseAudio complexity behind a Go interface.
-// Some of the things which are deliberately not exposed in the API are:
-//
-// → backwards compatibility for old PulseAudio servers
-//
-// → transport mechanism used for the connection (Unix sockets / memfd / shm)
-//
-// → encoding used in the pulseaudio-native protocol
-//
-// Working features
-//
-// Querying and setting the volume.
-//
-// Listing audio outputs.
-//
-// Changing the default audio output.
-//
-// Notifications on config updates.
+// Package pulseaudio is a pure-Go (no libpulse) implementation of the PulseAudio native protocol.
+
+// This library is a fork of https://github.com/mafik/pulseaudio
+// The original library deliberately tries to hide pulseaudio internals and doesn't expose them.
+
+// For my usecase I needed the exact opposite, access to pulseaudio internals.
+
 package pulseaudio
 
 import (
@@ -27,10 +15,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 const version = 32
@@ -67,7 +57,7 @@ type Client struct {
 // NewClient establishes a connection to the PulseAudio server.
 func NewClient(addressArr ...string) (*Client, error) {
 	if len(addressArr) < 1 {
-		addressArr = []string{defaultAddr}
+		addressArr = []string{filepath.Join(xdgOrFallback("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", fmt.Sprintf("/run/user/%d", os.Getuid())), "pulse/native")}
 	}
 
 	conn, err := net.Dial("unix", addressArr[0])
@@ -264,7 +254,7 @@ func (c *Client) addPacket(data packet) (err error) {
 
 func (c *Client) auth() error {
 	const protocolVersionMask = 0x0000FFFF
-	cookiePath := os.Getenv("HOME") + "/.config/pulse/cookie"
+	cookiePath := filepath.Join(xdgOrFallback("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), "/.config")), "pulse/cookie")
 	cookie, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cookiePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -324,3 +314,28 @@ func (c *Client) Close() {
 	close(c.packets)
 	c.conn.Close()
 }
+
+func exists(path string) (bool, error) {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return false, err
+}
+
+func xdgOrFallback(xdg string, fallback string) string {
+	dir := os.Getenv(xdg)
+	if dir != "" {
+		if ok, err := exists(dir); ok && err == nil {
+			log.Printf("Resolved $%s to '%s'\n", xdg, dir)
+			return dir
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Couldn't resolve $%s falling back to '%s'\n", xdg, fallback)
+	return fallback
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index c785aeb..4dc3e93 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ github.com/golang/freetype/truetype
 # github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.0.0-20160813221303-0a025b7e63ad
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/simplelru
-# github.com/lawl/pulseaudio v0.0.0-20200704145757-7d4b4b92e7b7
+# github.com/lawl/pulseaudio v0.0.0-20200719094555-c019d8a2304f
 ## explicit
 github.com/lawl/pulseaudio
 # golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200709230013-948cd5f35899