diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 9a00e56..7609f83 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       vc-follow-symlinks t
       custom-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/custom.el")
       gc-cons-threshold 100000000)
+(load custom-file)
 (load-theme 'fred t)
 (savehist-mode 1)
 (show-paren-mode 1)