diff --git a/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/.install b/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21cb3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/.install
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+## arg 1:  the new package version
+post_install() {
+  systemctl preset-all
+}
+
+## arg 1:  the new package version
+## arg 2:  the old package version
+post_upgrade() {
+  systemctl preset-all
+}
diff --git a/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/PKGBUILD b/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/PKGBUILD
index b2c3189..ce92fe3 100644
--- a/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,18 +2,22 @@
 _pkgname=xfce4
 _reponame=arch
 pkgname="de-p1st-$_pkgname"
-pkgver=0.0.2
+pkgver=0.0.3
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="XFCE4 with configuration"
 arch=('any')
 url="https://codeberg.org/privacy1st/${_reponame}"
 license=('MIT')
+makedepends=('git')
+install='.install'
+source=("git+${url}.git")
+sha256sums=('SKIP')
 
 
 depends=()
 
 # ============== base, drivers and xorg ==============
-depends+=('de-p1st-base-efi')
+depends+=('de-p1st-base')
 depends+=('de-p1st-gpu')
 depends+=('xorg-meta')
 
@@ -53,24 +57,17 @@ depends+=(de-p1st-theme)
 depends+=(de-p1st-keyboard-x11)
 
 
-makedepends=('git')
-
-provides=()
-conflicts=()
-replaces=()
-backup=()
-options=()
-install=
-changelog=
-source=("git+${url}.git")
-noextract=()
-sha256sums=('SKIP')
-
 package() {
   cd "${_reponame}/pkg/${pkgname}"
 
   install -Dm0644 img/face.jpg "$pkgdir"/etc/skel/.face
 
+  # TODO
+  #   xfconf-query --create -c xfce4-desktop -p /desktop-icons/primary -t 'bool' -s 'true' || exit $?
+  #   -> holo
+  # TODO: test the below
+  install -Dm0644 xfce4-desktop.xml /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml
+
   # === display manager ===
   install -Dm0644 systemd.preset "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/20-"$pkgname".preset
   install -Dm0644 autologin.conf "$pkgdir"/etc/sddm.conf.d/autologin.conf
diff --git a/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/xfce4-desktop.xml b/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/xfce4-desktop.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8d6064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/de-p1st-xfce4/xfce4-desktop.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<channel name="xfce4-desktop" version="1.0">
+    <property name="desktop-icons" type="empty">
+        <property name="primary" type="bool" value="true"/>
+    </property>
+</channel>
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