diff --git a/recipes/core/ion/initrc b/recipes/core/ion/initrc
index ff6eb7d85..4e4a51f92 100644
--- a/recipes/core/ion/initrc
+++ b/recipes/core/ion/initrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # set orbital screen resolution to avoid x11 or wayland fallback for applications in a orbital session and workaround shell quirks
 export DISPLAY=/scheme/orbital/99.0
-export ORBITAL_DISPLAY=/scheme/orbital
+export DISPLAY=$or($DISPLAY "/scheme/orbital/99.0")
+export ORBITAL_DISPLAY=$or($ORBITAL_DISPLAY "/scheme/orbital")
 # optional alias for the "clear" command
 #alias cl = "clear"
diff --git a/recipes/core/ion/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/ion/recipe.toml
index ad62bc089..56b931d2d 100644
--- a/recipes/core/ion/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/ion/recipe.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ template = "custom"
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
 cookbook_cargo
-mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/home/user/.config/ion"
-cp -rv "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}"/initrc "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/home/user/.config/ion"
+mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc/skel/.config/ion"
+cp -rv "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}"/config "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc/skel/.config/ion"
 """