diff --git a/APP-MANAGER b/APP-MANAGER
index 62219b4c54..81b2844f8e 100755
--- a/APP-MANAGER
+++ b/APP-MANAGER
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ function _use_module() {
 }
 
 # Common variables to handle user's XDG directories
-export SCRIPTDIR="$(if command -v xdg-user-dir &>/dev/null; then xdg-user-dir DESKTOP; else echo $HOME; fi)"
-
+SCRIPTDIR="$(if command -v xdg-user-dir &>/dev/null; then xdg-user-dir DESKTOP; else echo $HOME; fi)"
+export SCRIPTDIR
 # DETERMINE WHEN TO USE "AM" OR "APPMAN"
 if [[ "$DIR/$CLI" == "/usr/local/bin/am" ]] 2>/dev/null; then
 	_am