diff --git a/roles/home-gui/files/gnome-setup.sh b/roles/home-gui/files/gnome-setup.sh
index d5b4f6d..db3085e 100644
--- a/roles/home-gui/files/gnome-setup.sh
+++ b/roles/home-gui/files/gnome-setup.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,16 @@ set_favorites_bar () {
     then
         gsettings set org.gnome.shell favorite-apps "$(cat "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/favorite-apps.conf")"
     else
-        gsettings set org.gnome.shell favorite-apps "['org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'org.gnome.Ptyxis.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'org.gnome.Epiphany.desktop']"
+        _acp_terminal=org.gnome.Terminal.desktop
+        for dir in $(tr ':' '\n' <<< "$XDG_DATA_HOME:$XDG_DATA_DIRS")
+        do
+            if test -r "$dir/applications/org.gnome.Ptyxis.desktop"
+            then
+                _acp_terminal=org.gnome.Ptyxis.desktop
+            fi
+        done
+        gsettings set org.gnome.shell favorite-apps "['$_acp_terminal', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'org.gnome.Epiphany.desktop']"
+        unset _acp_terminal
     fi
 }
 set_favorites_bar