diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 58d476f..cceb1eb 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ by Prelude.")
   "This directory is for your personal configuration, that you want loaded before Prelude.")
 (defvar prelude-vendor-dir (expand-file-name "vendor" prelude-dir)
   "This directory houses packages that are not yet available in ELPA (or MELPA).")
-(defvar prelude-savefile-dir (expand-file-name "savefile" prelude-dir)
+(defvar prelude-savefile-dir (expand-file-name "savefile" user-emacs-directory)
   "This folder stores all the automatically generated save/history-files.")
 (defvar prelude-modules-file (expand-file-name "prelude-modules.el" prelude-personal-dir)
   "This file contains a list of modules that will be loaded by Prelude.")