diff --git a/emacs/init.org b/emacs/init.org
index 55195b8..6540ae0 100755
--- a/emacs/init.org
+++ b/emacs/init.org
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ And this function persists a variable:
 * Customization File
 I don't want anything to write to my init.el, so save customizations in a separate file:
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (setq custom-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/custom.el"))
+  (setq custom-file (expand-file-name "custom.el" user-emacs-directory))
   (load custom-file t)
 #+END_SRC