diff --git a/dzgui/config/freedesktop.py b/dzgui/config/freedesktop.py
index 6e4504e..bb2017f 100644
--- a/dzgui/config/freedesktop.py
+++ b/dzgui/config/freedesktop.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ def write_desktop_file(exe_path: Path) -> Path:
 
 def write_desktop_shortcut(desktop_file: Path) -> None:
     # NOTE: necessarily depends on the above (UI blocks creation without XDG entry first)
-    link = Path.home().joinpath(f"Desktop/{APP_NAME}.desktop")
+    link = Path.home().joinpath(f"Desktop/dzgui.desktop")
+    make_parents(link)
     if link.exists():
         link.unlink()
     link.symlink_to(desktop_file)