diff --git a/home-manager/modules/communication/element-desktop.nix b/home-manager/modules/communication/element-desktop.nix
index 6cabee6..c210a98 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/communication/element-desktop.nix
+++ b/home-manager/modules/communication/element-desktop.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,42 @@
 { nixosConfig, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
+let
+  profiles = {
+    "digitaler-dienst" = {
+      description = "Digitaler Dienst";
+    };
+    "private" = {
+      description = "private";
+    };
+  };
+in
 lib.mkIf nixosConfig.jalr.gui.enable {
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
     element-desktop
   ];
+
+  # Create an empty directory in nix store
+  # as we want to use Element only with `--profile-dir`
+  xdg.configFile.Element = {
+    source = pkgs.runCommand "empty-Element-directory" { } "mkdir $out";
+    target = "Element";
+  };
+
+
+  xdg.desktopEntries = lib.attrsets.mapAttrs'
+    (name: value: lib.attrsets.nameValuePair "element-desktop-${name}"
+      {
+        categories = [ "Network" "InstantMessaging" "Chat" ];
+        exec = toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "element-desktop-${name}" ''
+          exec element-desktop --profile-dir "$HOME/.config/element-profiles/${name}"
+        '');
+        genericName = "Matrix Client";
+        icon = "element";
+        mimeType = [ "x-scheme-handler/element" ];
+        name = "Element ${value.description}";
+        terminal = false;
+        type = "Application";
+      }
+    )
+    profiles;
 }