diff --git a/1.4_desktop_spec.patch b/1.4_desktop_spec.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bac60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1.4_desktop_spec.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From d11a70ae7d228d16f924269a207185ab2d94cb9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Leigh Scott <leigh123linux@fedoraproject.org>
+Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 08:59:18 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Accept Desktop Entry Specification v1.4
+
+Fixes #138
+---
+ egg/eggdesktopfile.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/egg/eggdesktopfile.c b/egg/eggdesktopfile.c
+index c71cd91..d7e7b48 100644
+--- a/egg/eggdesktopfile.c
++++ b/egg/eggdesktopfile.c
+@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ egg_desktop_file_new_from_key_file (GKeyFile    *key_file,
+ 	  g_warning ("Invalid Version string '%s' in %s",
+ 		     version, source ? source : "(unknown)");
+ 	}
+-      else if (version_num > 1.0)
++      else if (version_num > 1.4)
+ 	{
+ 	  g_set_error (error, EGG_DESKTOP_FILE_ERROR,
+ 		       EGG_DESKTOP_FILE_ERROR_INVALID,
diff --git a/cinnamon-session.spec b/cinnamon-session.spec
index 44d4773..3a8a661 100644
--- a/cinnamon-session.spec
+++ b/cinnamon-session.spec
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 Summary: Cinnamon session manager
 Name:    cinnamon-session
 Version: 4.8.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 URL:     https://github.com/linuxmint/%{name}
 Source0: %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:  %{url}/commit/d11a70ae7d228d16f924269a207185ab2d94cb9c.patch#/1.4_desktop_spec.patch
+Patch1:  %{url}/pull/141.patch#/systemd_user_env_blacklist.patch
 
 Requires: system-logos
 # Needed for cinnamon-settings-daemon
@@ -80,6 +82,9 @@ the other core components and handles logout and saving the session.
 %{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.SessionManager.gschema.xml
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 09 2021 Leigh Scott <leigh123linux@gmail.com> - 4.8.0-3
+- Fixes for desktop spec and systemd user env blacklist
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.8.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/systemd_user_env_blacklist.patch b/systemd_user_env_blacklist.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e83167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd_user_env_blacklist.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+From 91fb196e037f6393c6a2b0a8fde3f1eda12e75a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Leigh Scott <leigh123linux@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:20:26 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] util: Blacklist some session-specific variables
+
+---
+ cinnamon-session/csm-util.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/cinnamon-session/csm-util.c b/cinnamon-session/csm-util.c
+index 0356d5f..618f46b 100644
+--- a/cinnamon-session/csm-util.c
++++ b/cinnamon-session/csm-util.c
+@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
+ 
+ static gchar *_saved_session_dir = NULL;
+ 
++static const char * const variable_blacklist[] = {
++    "XDG_SEAT",
++    "XDG_SESSION_ID",
++    "XDG_VTNR",
++    NULL
++};
++
+ char *
+ csm_util_find_desktop_file_for_app_name (const char *name,
+                                          gboolean    look_in_saved_session,
+@@ -577,6 +584,9 @@ csm_util_export_activation_environment (GError     **error)
+                 const char *entry_name = entry_names[i];
+                 const char *entry_value = g_getenv (entry_name);
+ 
++                if (g_strv_contains (variable_blacklist, entry_name))
++                    continue;
++
+                 if (!g_utf8_validate (entry_name, -1, NULL))
+                     continue;
+ 
+@@ -643,8 +653,13 @@ csm_util_export_user_environment (GError     **error)
+                 return FALSE;
+         }
+ 
++        entries = g_get_environ ();
++
++        for (; variable_blacklist[i] != NULL; i++)
++                entries = g_environ_unsetenv (entries, variable_blacklist[i]);
++
+         g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("as"));
+-        for (entries = g_get_environ (); entries[i] != NULL; i++) {
++        for (i = 0; entries[i] != NULL; i++) {
+                 const char *entry = entries[i];
+ 
+                 if (!g_utf8_validate (entry, -1, NULL))
+
+From c567b018b87b7885866dada76d6ffb17feeda618 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Leigh Scott <leigh123linux@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:37:44 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] util: Blacklist NOTIFY_SOCKET
+
+---
+ cinnamon-session/csm-util.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/cinnamon-session/csm-util.c b/cinnamon-session/csm-util.c
+index 618f46b..90daf47 100644
+--- a/cinnamon-session/csm-util.c
++++ b/cinnamon-session/csm-util.c
+@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
+ static gchar *_saved_session_dir = NULL;
+ 
+ static const char * const variable_blacklist[] = {
++    "NOTIFY_SOCKET",
+     "XDG_SEAT",
+     "XDG_SESSION_ID",
+     "XDG_VTNR",