diff --git a/config/includes.chroot/etc/skel/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/ristretto.xml b/config/includes.chroot/etc/skel/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/ristretto.xml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/includes.chroot/etc/skel/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/ristretto.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding=UTF-8"?>
+
+<channel name="ristretto" version="1.0">
+  <property name="window" type="empty">
+    <property name="navigationbar" type="empty">
+      <property name="position" type="string" value="left"/>
+    </property>
+    <property name="statusbar" type="empty">
+      <property name="show" type="bool" value="false"/>
+    </property>
+    <property name="thumbnails" type="empty">
+      <property name="size" type="uint" value="4"/>
+      <property name="show" type="bool" value="false"/>
+    </property>
+  </property>
+</channel>