diff --git a/home/programs/xdg.nix b/home/programs/xdg.nix
index 39b315ae..02a490e0 100644
--- a/home/programs/xdg.nix
+++ b/home/programs/xdg.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-{config, ...}: let
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  default,
+  ...
+}: let
   browser = ["firefox"];
   imageViewer = ["org.gnome.Loupe"];
   videoPlayer = ["io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid"];
@@ -60,4 +65,11 @@ in {
       };
     };
   };
+
+  # used by `gio open` and xdp-gtk
+  home.packages = [
+    (pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "xdg-terminal-exec" ''
+      ${default.terminal.name} ${default.terminal.exec} "$@"
+    '')
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/lib/theme/default.nix b/lib/theme/default.nix
index bcfe839b..b79898cb 100644
--- a/lib/theme/default.nix
+++ b/lib/theme/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ lib: {
   terminal = {
     font = "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font";
     name = "wezterm";
+    exec = "start"; # command used to execute programs
     opacity = 0.9;
     size = 10;
   };