2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/Internal/Layout.hs b/src/Internal/Layout.hs
index 8903fed..fed0fd9 100644
--- a/src/Internal/Layout.hs
+++ b/src/Internal/Layout.hs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ data ThreeColDescMod = ThreeColDescMod
 class DescriptionModifier m l where
   newDescription :: m -> l a -> String -> String
 
-instance (Show m, DescriptionModifier m l, LayoutClass l a) => LayoutClass (ModifyDescription m l) a where
+instance (Typeable m, Show m, DescriptionModifier m l, LayoutClass l a) => LayoutClass (ModifyDescription m l) a where
   runLayout (W.Workspace t (ModifyDescription m l) a) rect = do
     (rects, maybeNewLayout) <- runLayout (W.Workspace t l a) rect
     return (rects, fmap (ModifyDescription m) maybeNewLayout)
diff --git a/src/Internal/Marking.hs b/src/Internal/Marking.hs
index 606b55e..f9083d2 100644
--- a/src/Internal/Marking.hs
+++ b/src/Internal/Marking.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Data.Map (Map)
 import System.FilePath
 import System.IO
 import Control.Exception
+import System.Environment
 
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
 
@@ -26,16 +27,18 @@ data MarkContext = MarkContext (IORef MarkState)
 
 readMarkState :: IO MarkState
 readMarkState = do
-  dir <- getXMonadDir
-  let markstate = dir </> "markstate"
+  -- TODO(rahm) The mark state should use the extensible state constructs in the
+  -- XState rather than relying on IO.
+  dir <- getEnv "HOME"
+  let markstate = dir </> ".xmonad" </> "markstate"
   catch
     (read <$> (hGetContents =<< openFile markstate ReadMode))
     (\(e :: IOError) -> return (MarkState mempty Nothing))
 
 saveMarkState :: MarkState -> X ()
 saveMarkState ms = do
-  dir <- getXMonadDir
-  let markstate = dir </> "markstate"
+  dir <- io $ getEnv "HOME"
+  let markstate = dir </> ".xmonad" </> "markstate"
   liftIO $ writeFile markstate (show ms)