diff --git a/.config/zsh/.zprofile b/.config/zsh/.zprofile
index 93a3959f..d13ff627 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/.zprofile
+++ b/.config/zsh/.zprofile
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ export LESS_TERMCAP_us="$(printf '%b' '')"
 export LESS_TERMCAP_ue="$(printf '%b' '')"
 export LESSOPEN="| /usr/bin/highlight -O ansi %s 2>/dev/null"
 export ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1         # Stop those fucking cows in Ansible
+
+# dotfiles management
 export DOTS_PACKAGE="dots"
+export STOW_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/stow"
+export DOTS_REPO="git@git.snaile.de:luca/dotfiles"
 
 # Color palette for console dialogs in tools such as nmtui and whiptail
 export NEWT_COLORS='
@@ -82,7 +86,6 @@ export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
 export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.local/state"
 
 export XINITRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/X11/xinitrc"
-export STOW_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/stow"
 set -a
 source $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/user-dirs.dirs
 set +a
diff --git a/.local/bin/dotsync b/.local/bin/dotsync
index f5016301..1002f6de 100755
--- a/.local/bin/dotsync
+++ b/.local/bin/dotsync
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ GREEN="$(tput setaf 2)"
 BLUE="$(tput setaf 4)"
 NC="$(tput sgr0)"
 
+mkdir -p "$STOW_DIR/$DOTS_PACKAGE"
+
+# First run
+if [ ! -e "$STOW_DIR/$DOTS_PACKAGE/.git" ]; then
+    printf "%b" "${BOLD}${BLUE}Cloning dotfiles...$NC\n\n"
+    git clone -j4 --recursive "$DOTS_REPO" "$STOW_DIR/$DOTS_PACKAGE"
+    stow --no-fold -d "$STOW_DIR" -t "$HOME" "$DOTS_PACKAGE" || printf "%b" "${RED}Failed to run stow!$NC\n"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 dgit() {
     git -C "$STOW_DIR/$DOTS_PACKAGE" "$@"
 }
@@ -42,6 +52,6 @@ if [ -n "$unmerged_files" ]; then
 fi
 
 printf "%b" "${BOLD}${BLUE}Symlinking dotfiles...$NC\n\n"
-stow -d "$STOW_DIR" -t "$HOME" "$DOTS_PACKAGE" || printf "%b" "${RED}Failed to run stow!$NC\n"
+stow --no-fold -d "$STOW_DIR" -t "$HOME" "$DOTS_PACKAGE" || printf "%b" "${RED}Failed to run stow!$NC\n"
 
 printf "%b" "${BOLD}${GREEN}Dotfiles synced successfully!$NC\n"
diff --git a/.stow-local-ignore b/.stow-local-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d49f9742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stow-local-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+README\.md
+TODO\.md
+\.editorconfig
+\.git
+\.gitignore
+\.gitmodules
+\.local/share/service