diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75c4642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+*~
+auto-save-list
+ac-comphist.dat
+recentf
+savehist
+saveplace
+rinari
+rhtml
+nxhtml
+elpa
+srecode-map.el
+semanticdb
+el-get
+custom.el
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/core-prelude.el b/core-prelude.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a29204c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-prelude.el
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(provide 'core-prelude)
diff --git a/editor-prelude.el b/editor-prelude.el
index 6ab95e3..e5df8f2 100644
--- a/editor-prelude.el
+++ b/editor-prelude.el
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 (savehist-mode t)                      ;; do customization before activation
 
 ;; save recent files
-(setq recentf-save-file (concat dotfiles-dir "recentf") ;; keep ~/ clean
+(setq recentf-save-file (concat prelude-dir "recentf") ;; keep ~/ clean
       recentf-max-saved-items 100          ;; max save 100
       recentf-max-menu-items 15)         ;; max 15 in menu
 (recentf-mode t)                  ;; turn it on
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index aec9e7f..0cbce69 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+(defvar prelude-dir "~/.emacs.d/")
+
+(add-to-list 'load-path prelude-dir)
+
 (require 'ui-prelude)
 (require 'packages-prelude)
 (require 'core-prelude)
 (require 'editor-prelude)
+(require 'global-keybindings-prelude)
diff --git a/packages-prelude.el b/packages-prelude.el
index 0df1ab5..9c0daa2 100644
--- a/packages-prelude.el
+++ b/packages-prelude.el
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+(require 'package)
+(add-to-list 'package-archives
+             '("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/") t)
+(package-initialize)
+
 (when (not package-archive-contents)
   (package-refresh-contents))
 
diff --git a/ui-prelude.el b/ui-prelude.el
index 424bf6d..d92c553 100644
--- a/ui-prelude.el
+++ b/ui-prelude.el
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
 
 ;; custom Emacs 24 color themes support
-(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path (concat dotfiles-dir "themes/"))
+(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path (concat prelude-dir "themes/"))
 (load-theme 'zenburn t)
 
 (provide 'ui-prelude)