diff --git a/dots/bin/mountDownloadsDir.sh b/dots/bin/mountDownloadsDir.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..81ef583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dots/bin/mountDownloadsDir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# klevstul
+
+this_file_name=`basename "$0"`
+echo ":: $this_file_name :: [K] ::"
+
+src_dir=${DOWNLOADS}
+trg_dir=~/Downloads
+
+echo
+echo "\$src_dir: ${src_dir}"
+echo "\$trg_dir: ${trg_dir}"
+echo
+
+echo "this will empty the directory with all its content:"
+tree ${trg_dir}
+echo ""
+echo "do you want to continue? (y/n)"
+read user_input
+
+if [[ ${user_input} != "y" ]]; then
+    echo "bye!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "${src_dir}" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "environment variable DOWNLOADS is not set."
+    echo ""
+    echo "do you want to manually input the downloads path instead? (y/n)"
+    read user_input
+
+    if [[ ${user_input} == "y" ]]; then
+        echo "enter the full path to the mounted and synced downloads directory:"
+        read -e -p "path: " -i "/home/poq/syncDir/0_downloads" user_input
+        src_dir=${user_input}
+    else
+        echo "set DOWNLOADS, then re-run this script." >&2; exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+trash-put ${trg_dir}
+mkdir -p ${trg_dir}
+
+# mount
+echo "mounting source '${src_dir}' to target '${trg_dir}'."
+sudo mount -o bind --source ${src_dir} --target ${trg_dir}
+du --human-readable --max-depth=1 ${trg_dir}
+
+# set up auto mount
+the_file=/etc/fstab
+if [ -f "${the_file}" ]; then
+    if ! more ${the_file} | grep 'downloads dir'
+    then
+        echo "" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
+        echo "# auto mount downloads dir" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
+        echo "${src_dir}    ${trg_dir}    auto    defaults,nofail,nobootwait,bind 0 2" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
+
+        echo "> new: auto mount of syncDir added to '${the_file}'":
+        cat ${the_file}
+    else
+        echo "> no change: auto mount of syncDir already existed in '${the_file}'"
+    fi
+fi
+
+echo ""
diff --git a/dots/environment/environment b/dots/environment/environment
index 08be29d..ac6c952 100644
--- a/dots/environment/environment
+++ b/dots/environment/environment
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 SYNCDIR_t470p=/home/poq/nextcloud/syncDir       # format: SYNCDIR_[HOSTNAME]
 
+DOWNLOADS=/home/poq/syncDir/0_downloads         # mounted downloads dir, same for all hosts
+
 XWM=i3 # {i3, qtile}
 
 GTK_THEME=Adapta-Nokto