diff --git a/emacs/init.org b/emacs/init.org
index c37ca2b..3399390 100755
--- a/emacs/init.org
+++ b/emacs/init.org
@@ -2410,7 +2410,8 @@ And a handy shortcut to hop into a Geiser REPL:
 			   slime-company))
     (when (file-exists-p
 	   (expand-file-name "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"))
-      (load (expand-file-name "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"))))
+      (load (expand-file-name "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el")))
+    (add-hook 'slime-repl-mode-hook 'smartparens-strict-mode))
 
     (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.cl\\'" . lisp-mode))
 #+END_SRC