diff --git a/.pam_environment b/.pam_environment
index 10dafe3..547ffe3 100644
--- a/.pam_environment
+++ b/.pam_environment
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME             DEFAULT="@{HOME}/.config"
 XDG_DATA_HOME               DEFAULT="@{HOME}/.local/share"
 #XDG_DATA_DIRS               DEFAULT="/usr/local/share:/usr/local/share" OVERRIDE="${XDG_DATA_DIRS}"
 #XDG_DATA_DIRS               DEFAULT="@{HOME}/.local/share:${XDG_DATA_DIRS}"
-XDG_RUNTIME_DIR             DEFAULT="@{HOME}/.local/run"
+#deactivated for now
+#might cause trouble with mpd / systemctl --user
+#XDG_RUNTIME_DIR             DEFAULT="@{HOME}/.local/run"
 
 # Non-standard
 XDG_LIB_HOME                DEFAULT="@{HOME}/.local/lib"