diff --git a/misc/userscripts/dmenu_qutebrowser b/misc/userscripts/dmenu_qutebrowser
index fbb70ca51..8e209ebec 100755
--- a/misc/userscripts/dmenu_qutebrowser
+++ b/misc/userscripts/dmenu_qutebrowser
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@
 
 [ -z "$QUTE_URL" ] && QUTE_URL='http://google.com'
 
-url=$(echo "$QUTE_URL" | cat - ~/.config/qutebrowser/quickmarks ~/.local/share/qutebrowser/history | dmenu -l 15 -p qutebrowser)
-url=$(echo $url | sed -E 's/[^ ]+ +//g' | egrep "https?:" || echo $url)
+url=$(echo "$QUTE_URL" | cat - "$QUTE_CONFIG_DIR/quickmarks" "$QUTE_DATA_DIR/history" | dmenu -l 15 -p qutebrowser)
+url=$(echo "$url" | sed -E 's/[^ ]+ +//g' | egrep "https?:" || echo "$url")
 
 [ -z "${url// }" ] && exit
 
 echo "open $url" >> "$QUTE_FIFO" || qutebrowser "$url"
-
diff --git a/misc/userscripts/open_download b/misc/userscripts/open_download
index fa3e98675..a9b92d8bd 100755
--- a/misc/userscripts/open_download
+++ b/misc/userscripts/open_download
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # Any feedback is welcome!
 
 # open a file from the download directory using rofi
+DOWNLOAD_DIR=${DOWNLOAD_DIR:-$QUTE_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
 DOWNLOAD_DIR=${DOWNLOAD_DIR:-$HOME/Downloads}
 # the name of the rofi command
 ROFI_CMD=${ROFI_CMD:-rofi}
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ die() {
 if ! [ -d "$DOWNLOAD_DIR" ] ; then
     die "Download directory »$DOWNLOAD_DIR« not found!"
 fi
-if ! $(which "${ROFI_CMD}" > /dev/null ) ; then
+if ! which "${ROFI_CMD}" > /dev/null ; then
     die "Rofi command »${ROFI_CMD}« not found in PATH!"
 fi
 
@@ -109,5 +110,3 @@ fi
 msg info "Opening »$file« (of type $filetype) with ${application%.desktop}"
 
 xdg-open "$path" &
-
-
diff --git a/misc/userscripts/qutebrowser_viewsource b/misc/userscripts/qutebrowser_viewsource
index 0985297d7..e8481eb15 100755
--- a/misc/userscripts/qutebrowser_viewsource
+++ b/misc/userscripts/qutebrowser_viewsource
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-# 
+#
 # This script fetches the unprocessed HTML source for a page and opens it in vim.
 #	:bind gf spawn --userscript qutebrowser_viewsource
 #
diff --git a/misc/userscripts/qutedmenu b/misc/userscripts/qutedmenu
index 2b47d0fce..3f8b13514 100755
--- a/misc/userscripts/qutedmenu
+++ b/misc/userscripts/qutedmenu
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # If you would like to set a custom colorscheme/font use these dirs.
 # https://github.com/halfwit/dotfiles/blob/master/.config/dmenu/bemenucolors
 readonly confdir=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}
-readonly datadir=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}
 
 readonly optsfile=$confdir/dmenu/bemenucolors
 
@@ -15,17 +14,17 @@ create_menu() {
     # Check quickmarks
     while read -r url; do
         printf -- '%s\n' "$url"
-    done < "$confdir"/qutebrowser/quickmarks
+    done < "$QUTE_CONFIG_DIR"/quickmarks
 
     # Next bookmarks
     while read -r url _; do
         printf -- '%s\n' "$url"
-    done < "$confdir"/qutebrowser/bookmarks/urls
+    done < "$QUTE_CONFIG_DIR"/bookmarks/urls
 
     # Finally history
     while read -r _ url; do
         printf -- '%s\n' "$url"
-    done < "$datadir"/qutebrowser/history
+    done < "$QUTE_DATA_DIR"/history
     }
 
 get_selection() {
diff --git a/qutebrowser/commands/userscripts.py b/qutebrowser/commands/userscripts.py
index b5ce00e76..a8e62cf39 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/commands/userscripts.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/commands/userscripts.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from qutebrowser.utils import message, log, objreg, standarddir
 from qutebrowser.commands import runners, cmdexc
 from qutebrowser.config import config
 from qutebrowser.misc import guiprocess
+from qutebrowser.browser.webkit import downloads
 
 
 class _QtFIFOReader(QObject):
@@ -379,6 +380,12 @@ def run(cmd, *args, win_id, env, verbose=False):
     config_dir = standarddir.config()
     if config_dir is not None:
         env['QUTE_CONFIG_DIR'] = config_dir
+    data_dir = standarddir.data()
+    if data_dir is not None:
+        env['QUTE_DATA_DIR'] = data_dir
+    download_dir = downloads.download_dir()
+    if download_dir is not None:
+        env['QUTE_DOWNLOAD_DIR'] = download_dir
     cmd_path = os.path.expanduser(cmd)
 
     # if cmd is not given as an absolute path, look it up