Xmodmap on Startup

I need to run “xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap” on login
I put this on .xinitrc
[ -f ~/.Xmodmap ] && { sleep; xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap; } &
also tried a script but not working

Is the script executable:

chmod +x <path_to_script>

also not working
I think I didn’t create the script correctly

XDG runs scripts in ~/.config/autostart upon login in a X session. To load xmodmap config upon login, add the following to ~/.config/autostart/xmodmap.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Name[en_US]=Xmodmap
Comment[en_US]=xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
Exec=/usr/bin/xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
Icon=application-default-icon
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Type=Application

I did that and make it executable but also not working
thnks for your help anyway