--- Alacarte/MenuEditor.py.orig	2013-11-06 20:24:01.000000000 -0800
+++ Alacarte/MenuEditor.py	2013-11-06 20:25:00.000000000 -0800
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from Alacarte import util
 
 def get_default_menu():
-    prefix = os.environ.get('XDG_MENU_PREFIX', '')
+    prefix = os.environ.get('XDG_MENU_PREFIX', 'gnome-')
     return prefix + 'applications.menu'
 
 class MenuEditor(object):