diff --git a/scripts/default-tmux-session.sh b/scripts/default-tmux-session.sh
index 294c3a4..b660dd8 100755
--- a/scripts/default-tmux-session.sh
+++ b/scripts/default-tmux-session.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-DEFAULT_SESSION='quak'
-DUMMY_SESSION='dummy'
+default_session='quak'
+dummy_session='dummy'
+temp_window='temp'
 
 function create_default_session {
     if [[ -n "$TMUX" ]]; then
@@ -13,31 +14,45 @@ function create_default_session {
     # check if the default session exists
     # redirect stderr to /dev/null because `session not found` is
     # not a relevant error in this case
-    if $(tmux has-session -t ${DEFAULT_SESSION} 2>/dev/null); then
+    if $(tmux has-session -t ${default_session} 2>/dev/null); then
         # return success so the external attach command is run
         return 0
     fi
 
+    # check repository paths
+    if [[ -d "${HOME}/repositories" ]]; then
+        path_repositories="${HOME}/repositories"
+    fi
+    if [[ -d "${HOME}/dotfiles" ]]; then
+        path_dotfiles="${HOME}/dotfiles"
+    elif [[ -n "${path_repositories}" ]] && [[ -d "${path_repositories}/dotfiles" ]]; then
+        path_dotfiles="${path_repositories}/dotfiles"
+    fi
+    if [[ -d "${HOME}/collection" ]]; then
+        path_documentation="${HOME}/collection"
+    elif [[ -n "${path_repositories}" ]] && [[ -d "${path_repositories}/collection" ]]; then
+        path_documentation="${path_repositories}/collection"
+    fi
+
     # start dummy session to avoid error messages on `has-session`
-    tmux new-session -d -s "$DUMMY_SESSION"
+    tmux new-session -d -s "${dummy_session}"
 
     # dont forget the '-d' option, otherwise the session is closed
     # before the rest of the commands are executed
-    tmux new-session -d -s "$DEFAULT_SESSION" -n "temp" -c "$HOME" # create dummy window to set default path for new windows
-    tmux new-window -t "$DEFAULT_SESSION" -n "dotfiles" -c "$HOME/dotfiles"
-    tmux new-window -t "$DEFAULT_SESSION" -n "docs" -c "$HOME/collection"
-    tmux new-window -t "$DEFAULT_SESSION" -n "stuff" -c "$HOME"
-    tmux kill-window -t "temp"
+    tmux new-session -d -s "${default_session}" -n "${temp_window}" -c "${HOME}" # create dummy window to set default path for new windows
+    tmux new-window -t "${default_session}" -n "dotfiles" -c "${path_dotfiles}"
+    tmux new-window -t "${default_session}" -n "docs" -c "${path_documentation}"
+    tmux new-window -t "${default_session}" -n "stuff" -c "${HOME}"
+    tmux kill-window -t "${temp_window}"
 
-    # this causes the script to exit only, when the session is ended or detached
-    # it also causes tmux's detach command with hang up signal to fail
-    # therefore the following line is commented out
-    # an `alias` is created in `.bashrc` which calls this script and runs
-    # `tmux attach` on successful execution
+    ## NOTE: this causes the script to exit only, when the session is ended
+    ## or detached.
+    ## it also causes tmux's detach command with hang up signal to fail,
+    ## therefore the following line is commented out and an `alias` is
+    ## created in `.bashrc`, which runs this script and `tmux attach`
+    #tmux attach -t "${DEFAULT_SESSION}"
 
-    #tmux attach -t "$DEFAULT_SESSION"
-
-    tmux kill-session -t "$DUMMY_SESSION"
+    tmux kill-session -t "${dummy_session}"
 }
 
 create_default_session