diff --git a/scripts/xdg-mime.in b/scripts/xdg-mime.in
index 74cadfa..f9165ea 100644
--- a/scripts/xdg-mime.in
+++ b/scripts/xdg-mime.in
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ defapp_generic()
         fi
     done
 
-    for x in `echo "$xdg_system_dirs" | sed 's/:/ /g'`; do
+    for x in `echo "$xdg_user_dir:$xdg_system_dirs" | sed 's/:/ /g'`; do
        for prefix in "$XDG_MENU_PREFIX" ""; do
           DEBUG 2 "Checking $x/applications/${prefix}defaults.list and $x/applications/${prefix}mimeinfo.cache"
           trader_result=`grep "$MIME=" $x/applications/${prefix}defaults.list $x/applications/${prefix}mimeinfo.cache 2> /dev/null | head -n 1 | cut -d '=' -f 2 | cut -d ';' -f 1`