diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 4248f9f..33948cb 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@
   (if (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode) (tool-bar-mode -1))
   (if (fboundp 'menu-bar-mode) (menu-bar-mode -1))
   (if (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode) (scroll-bar-mode -1))
-  (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8-unix))
+  (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8-unix)
+  (setq backup-directory-alist
+        `(("." .
+           ,(expand-file-name "var/backups/" user-emacs-directory)))))
 (use-package repeat
   :ensure nil
   :config