diff --git a/.emacs.d/.gitignore b/.emacs.d/.gitignore
index 420322a..9ba4463 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/.gitignore
+++ b/.emacs.d/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 /tramp
 /smex-items
 /url
-.yas-compiled-snippets.el
\ No newline at end of file
+.yas-compiled-snippets.el
+/custom.el
diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 4e62e36..4b78079 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 (setq compilation-scroll-output 1
       read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t
       inhibit-startup-screen t
-      vc-follow-symlinks t)
+      vc-follow-symlinks t
+	  custom-file "custom.el")
 (load-theme 'fred t)
 (savehist-mode 1)
 (show-paren-mode 1)