diff --git a/etc/custom.el b/etc/custom.el
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b5346b..0000000
--- a/etc/custom.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-;;emacs fucks with this. I give up on keeping it <80.
-(custom-set-variables
- ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
- ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
- ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
- ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
- '(ansi-color-names-vector
-   ["#002b36" "#dc322f" "#859900" "#b58900" "#268bd2" "#d33682" "#2aa198" "#839496"])
- '(auth-source-save-behavior nil)
- '(custom-safe-themes
-   '("636b135e4b7c86ac41375da39ade929e2bd6439de8901f53f88fde7dd5ac3561"
-     "51c71bb27bdab69b505d9bf71c99864051b37ac3de531d91fdad1598ad247138"
-     "4ff1c4d05adad3de88da16bd2e857f8374f26f9063b2d77d38d14686e3868d8d"
-     "5d09b4ad5649fea40249dd937eaaa8f8a229db1cec9a1a0ef0de3ccf63523014"
-     "bf387180109d222aee6bb089db48ed38403a1e330c9ec69fe1f52460a8936b66" default))
- '(face-font-family-alternatives
-   '(("Monospace" "courier" "fixed")
-     ("Monospace Serif" "Courier 10 Pitch" "Consolas" "Courier Std" "FreeMono"
-      "Nimbus Mono L" "courier" "fixed")
-     ("courier" "CMU Typewriter Text" "fixed")
-     ("Sans Serif" "helv" "helvetica" "arial" "fixed")
-     ("helv" "helvetica" "arial" "fixed")))
- '(fci-rule-color "#405A61")
- '(gnus-cloud-method "nnimap:fastmail")
- '(inhibit-startup-screen t)
- '(jdee-db-active-breakpoint-face-colors (cons "#073642" "#268bd2"))
- '(jdee-db-requested-breakpoint-face-colors (cons "#073642" "#859900"))
- '(jdee-db-spec-breakpoint-face-colors (cons "#073642" "#56697A"))
- '(js-indent-level 4)
- '(objed-cursor-color "#dc322f")
- '(org-format-latex-options
-   '(:foreground default :background default :scale 1.3 :html-foreground "Black"
-                 :html-background "Transparent" :html-scale 1.0 :matchers
-                 ("begin" "$1" "$" "$$" "\\(" "\\[")))
- '(package-selected-packages nil)
- '(pdf-view-midnight-colors (cons "#839496" "#002b36"))
- '(rustic-ansi-faces
-   ["#002b36" "#dc322f" "#859900" "#b58900" "#268bd2" "#d33682" "#2aa198" "#839496"])
- '(safe-local-variable-values
-   '((c-file-offsets (arglist-cont-nonempty . 4)) (indent-tabs-mode nil)))
- '(screenshot-border-width 20)
- '(screenshot-code-as-image-description-p nil)
- '(screenshot-font-size 14)
- '(screenshot-max-width 100)
- '(screenshot-min-width 40)
- '(screenshot-radius 10)
- '(screenshot-relative-line-numbers-p nil)
- '(screenshot-shadow-offset-horizontal 0)
- '(screenshot-shadow-offset-vertical 0)
- '(screenshot-truncate-lines-p nil)
- '(vc-annotate-background "#002b36")
- '(vc-annotate-color-map
-   (list (cons 20 "#859900") (cons 40 "#959300") (cons 60 "#a58e00")
-         (cons 80 "#b58900") (cons 100 "#bc7407") (cons 120 "#c35f0e")
-         (cons 140 "#cb4b16") (cons 160 "#cd4439") (cons 180 "#d03d5d")
-         (cons 200 "#d33682") (cons 220 "#d63466") (cons 240 "#d9334a")
-         (cons 260 "#dc322f") (cons 280 "#ba3f41") (cons 300 "#994d54")
-         (cons 320 "#775b67") (cons 340 "#405A61") (cons 360 "#405A61")))
- '(vc-annotate-very-old-color nil))
-
-(custom-set-faces
- ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
- ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
- ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
- ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
- )
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index c7190f2..35a55d6 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   (setopt load-prefer-newer t)
   ;; we do this up here specifically so that if I setoopt over something
   ;; in custom, custom doesn't win. Ask me how I what THAT'S like.
-  (setq custom-file (expand-file-name "etc/custom.el" user-emacs-directory))
+  (setopt custom-file (expand-file-name "var/custom.el" user-emacs-directory))
   (load custom-file 'noerror)
   ;; (defvar elpaca-lock-file my/init-lock-file)
   ;; emacs has abysmal security by default. I mean. Gnutls is already pretty