diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 87e4b7e..392bc0c 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t
       inhibit-startup-screen t
       vc-follow-symlinks t
-	  custom-file "custom.el"
+	  custom-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/custom.el")
 	  gc-cons-threshold 100000000)
 (load-theme 'fred t)
 (savehist-mode 1)