diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index f54ed52..1fd946d 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ test -r "$SDKMAN_DIR/bin/sdkman-init.sh" && . "$SDKMAN_DIR/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
 # init nvm to provide node.js
 test -r "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
 
+test -r "$CARGO_HOME/env" && . "$CARGO_HOME/env"
+
 ### HERE WE'RE DONE WITH ALL GENERAL PURPOSE CONFIGS
 ###
 ### The following is only relevant for interactive
diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index cdada90..587696e 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE=1
 GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=1
 GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM='auto'
 
-# arbitrary variables for required by different tools
+# arbitrary variables required by different tools
 # nvm to use different node.js versions
 NVM_DIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvm"
 # sdkman to use different java tools in different versions easily
 SDKMAN_DIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sdkman"
+# rust cargo
+CARGO_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/cargo"
 # homebrew is complicated as shit, lucky me only relevant on macos
 test `uname` = "Darwin" && test `uname -m` = "arm64" && HOMEBREW_PREFIX=/opt/homebrew
 test `uname` = "Darwin" && test ! `uname -m` = "arm64" && HOMEBREW_PREFIX=/usr/local