diff --git a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/files/riot-desktop.desktop b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/files/riot-desktop.desktop
index 812299213e1..9aba3fb6c25 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/files/riot-desktop.desktop
+++ b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/files/riot-desktop.desktop
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Name=Riot
 Comment=A feature-rich client for Matrix.org
-Exec="/usr/bin/riot-desktop"
+Exec=riot-desktop
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Icon=riot
diff --git a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/files/riot-desktop.sh b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/files/riot-desktop.sh
index 248317ee68d..e997d4e5ced 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/files/riot-desktop.sh
+++ b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/files/riot-desktop.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-/usr/share/riot-desktop/dist/electron /usr/share/riot-desktop/electron_app "$@"
+/usr/lib/riot-desktop/dist/electron /usr/lib/riot-desktop/electron_app "$@"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template
index c48e4b5591e..92a2b91483b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'riot-desktop'
 pkgname=riot-desktop
-version=0.17.8
+version=0.17.9
 revision=1
 wrksrc="riot-web-${version}"
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
 conf_files="/etc/${pkgname}/config.json"
 hostmakedepends="git nodejs"
 depends="c-ares ffmpeg gtk+3 http-parser libevent libxslt minizip nss re2 snappy"
-short_desc="A glossy Matrix collaboration client, desktop version"
+short_desc="Glossy Matrix collaboration client, desktop version"
 maintainer="zethra <jediben97@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://riot.im"
 distfiles="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ded5fed8a967338bb43d6066b91aa67d039b76528d1be451274e4d9ef402db16
+checksum=a97e2762b110c79f2495784b8278e44949c9f76486ba91b30fbcce5628b9ac90
 nocross=yes
 nostrip=yes
+shlib_provides="libGLVESv2.so"
 
 do_build() {
 	npm install
@@ -24,14 +25,15 @@ do_build() {
 }
 
 do_install() {
-	mkdir -p $DESTDIR/usr/share/riot-desktop
-	mkdir -p $DESTDIR/etc/riot-desktop
-	vcopy node_modules/electron/dist /usr/share/riot-desktop/
-	vcopy electron_app /usr/share/riot-desktop/
-	vcopy webapp /usr/share/riot-desktop
+	vmkdir usr/lib/riot-desktop
+	vmkdir etc/riot-desktop
+	vcopy node_modules/electron/dist /usr/lib/riot-desktop/
+	vcopy electron_app /usr/lib/riot-desktop/
+	vcopy webapp /usr/lib/riot-desktop
+	vcopy origin_migrator /usr/lib/riot-desktop
 	vinstall config.sample.json 664 /etc/riot-desktop/ config.json
 	vlicense LICENSE
-	ln -s /etc/riot-desktop/config.json $DESTDIR/usr/share/riot-desktop/config.json
+	ln -s /etc/riot-desktop/config.json $DESTDIR/usr/lib/riot-desktop/config.json
 	vbin ${FILESDIR}/riot-desktop.sh riot-desktop
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/riot-desktop.desktop 644 /usr/share/applications/ riot-desktop.desktop
 	vinstall res/themes/riot/img/logos/riot-logo.svg 644 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ riot.svg